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المسلخ (البراني) في الحمامات المملوكية بالقاهرة ودمشق - Al-Maslakh in the Mamluk baths in Cairo and Damascusعادل محمد زيــادة - Adel ZEYADAدكتور - المجلس الأعلى للآثار بالقاهرة  - EGYPTEType de contribution : posterWe want to ask if the Maslakh (the room of dressing) in Cairo or Qa‘at el-barrânî in Damascus which are basically supposed to be places to disrobe in, are also places for social practices. The second point of our poster will be an architectural comparison between the egyptian and syrian hammams' dressing rooms.Actually, al-Maslakh is the room which receives the clients, and from which they enter the hot rooms of the hammam. There, the bather disrobes, leaving his clothes in the drawers provided, and rests after the bath, on the couches along the walls of the iwans. This space is also fitted out - specially for women - to hold some of social celebrations such as marriage, funeral and circumcision. The plan and the style of this room are different from the other sections of the hammam, since it is the only area of the hammam free of heat and steam. It's a large squared room with four raised iwans, an octagonal fountain in the center, and a high raised dome with a skylight.When comparing this room in the baths of Cairo and Damascus we can notice some differences between them in their plans, in addition to some elements and architectural units, that we present in this poster.