shadirvan

thumb|A şadırvan for ritual ablutions in front of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey thumb|Shadırvan in Po-i-Kalyan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

A shadirvan (, , ) is a type of fountain that is usually built in the courtyard or near the entrance of mosques, caravanserais, khanqahs, and madrasas, with the main purpose of providing water for drinking or ritual ablutions to several people at the same time, but also as decorative visual or sound elements.