List of caravanserais

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

Tash Rabat in mountains

They are typically constructed around a central court yard, 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:

Armenia

Orbelian's Caravanserai

Albania

Azerbaijan

Shaki Caravanserai

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cyprus

Egypt

India

View of Doraha Serai

Iraq

Iran

The Mothers Inn caravanserai in Isfahan
A medieval Caravanserai in Karaj

Kyrgyzstan

Macedonia

Morocco

Interior of the Funduq al-Najjariyyin in Fes, Morocco

Pakistan

Palestine and Israel

Fair at Khan al-Tujjar c1850

Romania

Spain

Syria

Interior of Khan As'ad Pacha Al-'Azem

Turkey

Uzbekistan

Rabati Malik's portal
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