List of caravanserais

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

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

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