List of caravanserais

A caravanserai was a roadside inn where caravans and travelers could rest overnight.

Tash Rabat at an altitude of 3,200 meters

They are typically constructed around a central courtyard, can be used as markets and are found from North Africa and the Aegean to India and Western China-although the majority are found between Iran and Turkey. Hundreds of these structures were built over the centuries.

Garachi Caravanserai

The following is a partial list:

Albania

Armenia

Orbelian's Caravanserai

Azerbaijan

Shaki Caravanserai

Bangladesh

Han Mehmed-paše Kukavice in Foča

Croatia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Han Mehmed-paše Kukavice in Foča

Cyprus

Egypt

India

View of Doraha Serai

Iraq

Iran

The Mothers Inn caravanserai in Isfahan
A medieval Caravanserai in Karaj

Kyrgyzstan


Lebanon

  • Khan El Franj - Saida
  • Khan El AShkar - Tyre
  • Khan El Saboun - Tripoly
  • Khan El Askar - Tripoly
  • Khan El Masriyin - Tripoly
  • Khan El Khayatin - Tripoly
  • Khan Antonin - Beirut

North Macedonia

Morocco

Interior of the Funduq al-Najjariyyin in Fes, Morocco

Pakistan

Palestine and Israel

Fair at Khan al-Tujjar, c. 1850
Ottoman khan at Solomon's Pools, 1981

Alphabetically, without taking article into consideration (el-, al-, etc.).

Romania

Serbia

Stari Han in Kosjerić

Spain

Syria

Interior of Khan As'ad Pacha Al-'Azem

Turkey

Uzbekistan

Rabati Malik's portal
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