List of caravanserais

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Ribat of Zein-o-din, a former caravanserai near Yazd, Iran

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

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.

The following is a partial list:

Albania[edit]

Armenia[edit]

Orbelian's Caravanserai, Armenia

Azerbaijan[edit]

Shaki Caravanserai in Shaki, Azerbaijan

Bangladesh[edit]

Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

Cyprus[edit]

Egypt[edit]

Wikala of Sultan al-Ghuri in Cairo, Egypt

Greece[edit]

India[edit]

Serai Nurmahal, India

Iraq[edit]

Iran[edit]

Abbasi Hotel in Isfahan, Iran, converted from a former caravanserai
Shah Abbasi Caravanserai in Karaj, Iran

Kyrgyzstan[edit]

North Macedonia[edit]

Morocco[edit]

Funduq al-Najjariyyin in Fes, Morocco

Pakistan[edit]

Palestine and Israel[edit]

Fair at Khan al-Tujjar, Palestine, c. 1850

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

Romania[edit]

Serbia[edit]

Stari Han in Kosjerić, Serbia

Spain[edit]

Syria[edit]

Khan As'ad Pasha in Damascus, Syria

Turkey[edit]

Sultan Han in the eponymous town of Sultanhanı, Turkey

Uzbekistan[edit]

Entrance portal of Ribat-i Malik, Uzbekistan