a communally private Sahn, called saha(Arabic:
The Sahn can be a private garden,
Almost every historic or traditional mosque has a Sahn.
In traditional Islamic design, residences and neighborhoods can have private Sahn.
So, it was marked for him in the Sahn of the masjid.
The use of the Sahn in Middle Eastern countries' mosques was carried on to
The use of the Sahn in Middle Eastern countries' mosques was carried on to
most Islamic countries' mosque architecture.
The residence's iwan, a private'family room' veranda of three walls,
usually overlooks the Sahn and gives direct or stairway access to it.
In urban settings, the Sahn is usually surrounded by a colonnaded riwaq,
and has a howz, or pool of water, in the middle.
The use of Sahn in Islamic architecture continued until the mid-twentieth century,
when modernist architecture began to influence Islamic cultures' residential and public buildings' designs.
In Islamic and Arab architecture, the Sahn courtyard is a common element in religious buildings
and residences throughout the Arab world and beyond, used in urban and rural settings.
Private Traditional Islamic neighborhoods can have a dedicated central open space,
a communally private Sahn, called saha(Arabic:
ساحة, sāḥä), only for the neighbourhoods residents, usually consisting of members of the same tribe.