Andaruni is a term used in Iranian architecture

Iranian architecture

Iranian architecture or Persian architecture is the architecture of Iran . It has a continuous history from at least 5000 BCE to the present, with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Turkey to North India and the borders of China and from the Caucasus to Zanzibar...

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In traditional Persian residential architecture

Traditional Persian residential architecture

Traditional Persian residential architecture, is the architecture employed by builders and craftsmen in the cultural Greater Iran and the surrounding regions to construct vernacular houses...

, the andaruni, is in contrast to the biruni, and is a part of the House in which the private quarters are established. This is specifically where the women

Iranian women

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 of the House are free to move about without being seen by an outsider (na mahram). The only men allowed in the Andaruni are those directly related to the Lord of the House (his sons) and the Lord himself, which may include boys under the age of puberty, and guests allowed in under special circumstances.

The court (usually located in the talar

Talar

Talar is the architectural term given to the throne of the Persian monarchs which is carved on the rock-cut tomb of Darius at Naqsh-e Rostam, near Persepolis, and above the portico which was copied from his palace....

) of the house would usually be situated in the Andaruni.