Al-Qādi Bath (It is used as a plant for confectionaries “sweets” which visitors can purchase)

Al-Qādi bath is located in the north eastern part of the al-Yāsmīnah quarter. Its establishment is attributed to the Qādi Abd al-Wāhid al-Khammāsh (1824 - 1873 AD). This bath was built adjacent to his house, mainly for the use of his wife, and the public on other occasions.

Historical section
The building’s proportion: The proportion was based on what was mentioned in its endowment document recorded in the records of the Nablus Sharia Court, which will be discussed.
History: The size of the reception hall was large, and its local decorations were similar to the size of other baths built in this era, such as the Darja Bath and the New Bath, while the baths built in the Mamluk era, such as the Samra Bath and the Rish Bath, had smaller halls. The records of the Nablus Sharia Court showed that the one who built and endowed this bath was Judge Abdul Wahid Effendi, son of the late Sheikh Mustafa Effendi Al-Khammash, in the year 1285 AH/1868 AD. The text in the endowment document is: “... He endowed, made permanent, confined, made public, made immortal, made sacred, and gave charity to what was in his possession... This is all of the new public bath known as the establishment of the aforementioned endower, and it includes an outer, middle, inner, and two copper chambers.” The endowment defined the boundaries by stating: “It is bordered to the front by Al-Masoudiya Garden, to the east by the garden and its completion by Dar Al-Taslaq and Dar Al-Barq, to ​​the north by the passable road with its door, and to the west by the passage leading to the district and to the new endowment house entered into his old house... The donor established this endowment for himself during his lifetime and then after him for his two sons Muhammad Effendi and Sheikh Munib Effendi.”

Founder and residents: Judge Abdul Wahid Al-Khammash.
Later history (modern): The bathhouse stopped working in the middle of the twentieth century and was converted into a sweets factory, which is what it is now.

Architectural description
The bathhouse is directly reached from the main street (Al-Masaban) by an entrance located in the middle of the northern facade, and an entrance opening arched with a semicircular arch (2 m high and 1 m wide) and topped by a number of stone courses above which stands a large semicircular stone arch that recedes to form depth for the entrance. The entrance leads directly to the large reception hall paved with stone and marble tiles. There is a pool of water in the middle of the floor, and stone benches for bathers to sit on on its western and eastern sides. Four large stone arches leaning towards the side support a dome supported by a circular neck. A circular opening is made in the middle of the dome to let light and air into the hall, while the interior of the dome ceiling is decorated with simple geometric shapes between squares and diamonds (Figure (1)). On the southeastern side there is a small entrance opening leading to a vaulted corridor that in turn leads to the bathing hall, but it is now closed.

Figure (1): The dome of the reception hall of Al-Qadi bath