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Cisterns: Sustainable Development, Architecture and Energy (Hardcover)
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Cisterns: Sustainable Development, Architecture and Energy (Hardcover)
Series: River Publishers Series in Chemical, Environmental, and Energy Engineering
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Cisterns: Sustainable Development, Architecture and Energy was
written on beliefs that based on historical evidence and actual
findings, Iran is most probably the country where cisterns, or
"Aub-anbars" in Farsi, were first developed and built. Therefore,
it is quite natural for the author to name cisterns in the text
Aub-anbars, as it has been called for centuries in this country,
the translation of the same name having been used in other
countries too. Although in some books, journals and papers
published out of Iran by foreign and Iranian scholars, the names
Cistern or Water Reservoir have been used. The word Aub-anbar is a
compound noun in Farsi; Aub means water and Anbar means
tank/reservoir. Putting them together gives the noun Aub-anbarand
it should be used as one word.People of the region wanting reserved
cool water whether in cities or in different locations across the
harsh desert during their travel. Queen Zubeida, the wife of
Khalifa Haroon Al-Rasheed in 750 AD built one of these cistern
closer to the town of Hiyal in Saudi Arabia so that the Pilgrims?
Caravans going to Mecca will have cool, fresh water. This book
consists of 11-chapters with full analysis, illustrations and
photographs. It makes interesting readings to those interested into
vernacular architecture, traditional buildings and creative
thinking.
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