Commentary for Berakhot 51:6
אמר רבא הני בתי כסאי דפרסאי אע"ג דאית בהו צואה כסתומין דמו:
Raba said : The privies of the Persians, although they may contain excrement, are to be regarded as closed in.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
And one may say the Tefillah at a distance of four cubits, because their habit was to dig deep holes into which they relieved themselves.
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