List of caravanserais

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

Shah Abbasi Caravansarai, Bisotun, Iran

Caravanserais 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

• Elbasan Inn, Korçë, Albania

Armenia

Main article: List of caravanserais in Armenia

Orbelian's Caravanserai, Armenia

• Orbelian's Caravanserai, Vayots Dzor Province

Azerbaijan

Main article: List of caravanserais in Azerbaijan

Shaki Caravanserai in Shaki, Azerbaijan

• Ashaghy caravanserai, Shaki
• Multani Caravanserai, Baku
• Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, Ganja
• Shaki Caravanserai, Shaki

Bangladesh

• Bara Katra, Dhaka
• Chhota Katra, Dhaka

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Morića Han, Sarajevo

Cyprus

• Büyük Han, Nicosia
• Kumarcilar Han, Nicosia

Egypt

Wikala of al-Ghuri, Cairo, Egypt

• Wikala of al-Ghuri, Cairo
• Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay (Bab al-Nasr), Cairo
• Wikala and Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay (al-Azhar), Cairo
• Wikala Bazar'a, (al-Azhar) Cairo

Greece

• Evrenos Bey Han

India

Serai Nurmahal, India

• Arab Serai
• Mughal Serai
• Mughal Serai, Doraha
• Mughal Sarai, Surat
• Nampally Sarai
• Sarai Amanat Khan
• Sarai Kale Khan
• Serai Lashkari Khan
• Serai Nurmahal
• Shaikpet Sarai
• Taramati Baradari
• Dakhni Sarai

Iran

See also: The Persian Caravanserai

Abbasi Hotel in Isfahan, converted from a former caravanserai, Iran

Ribat of Zein-o-din in Yazd

• Amin od-Dowleh Caravansarai, Kashan
• Amin al-tojar Caravansarai, Kashmar
• Amir Chakhmaq Complex, Yazd
• Baba Ghodrat Caravansarai, Mashhad
• Borazjan Castle, Dashtestan County
• Dayr-e Gachin , Qom
• Ganjali Khan Complex, Kerman
• Gaz Caravanserai, Borkhar County
• Izadkhast Caravanserai, Izadkhast
• Jamalabad Caravanserai, Jamalabad
• Madar-e Shah Caravanserai (today's Abbasi Hotel), Isfahan
• Maranjab Caravansarai, Aran and Bidgol
• Mehr Caravanserai, Mehr
• Ribat-i Sharaf, Sarakhs
• Ribat of Zein-o-din, Yazd province
• Sa'd al-Saltaneh Caravanserai, Qazvin
• Sa'in Caravanserai, Nir County
• Sarayan Caravanserai, Sarayan
• Shah Abbasi Caravansarai, Bisotun
• Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, Farsafaj
• Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, Karaj
• Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, Nishapur
• Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, Ray
• Titi Caravanserai, Siahkal County
• Yengi Emam Caravansari, Yengi Emam
• Zafaraniyeh Caravanserai, Zafaraniyeh

Iraq

• Khan al-Rubu', Karbala

Kyrgyzstan

• Tash Rabat

North Macedonia

• Kapan Han, Skopje
• Suli An, Skopje
• Kuršumli An, Skopje

Morocco

Funduq al-Najjarin in Fes, Morocco

• Funduq Kettanin, Fes
• Funduq al-Najjarin (Fondouk Nejjarine), Fes
• Funduq Sagha, Fes
• Funduq Shamma'in & Funduq Sbitriyyin, Fes
• Funduq al-Tetwaniyyin (Funduq al-Staouniyine), Fes

Pakistan

• Akbari Sarai, Lahore
• Gorkhatri caravanserai, Peshawar

Palestine and Israel

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

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

• Arab Suqrir, Israel
• Barquq Castle, Gaza Strip, Palestine (also known as Younis al-Nuruzi Caravansari and Khan Younis)
• Caravanserai at Daughters of Jacob Bridge (Gesher Bnot Ya'akov/Jisr Benat Ya'kub): ruins of Mamluk khan; Israel
• Caravanserai at Jisr el-Majami (Old Gesher): Mamluk khan; Israel
• Khan al-Lubban between al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya and Sinjil, West Bank, Palestine
• Khan al-Tujjar (Mount Tabor), Israel
• Khan al-Tujjar (Nablus), West Bank, Palestine
• Khan al-Umdan, Acre, Israel
• Khirbat al-Minya: Umayyad qasr reused as a khan; Israel
• Monastery of Euthymius, known in Arabic as Khan el-Ahmar; West Bank, Palestine

Romania

• Hanul lui Manuc, Bucharest
• Hanul Gabroveni, Bucharest

Serbia

Stari Han in Kosjerić, Serbia

• Stari Han, Kremna, Užice
• Stari Han, Kosjerić
• Ram Caravanserai, Ram

Spain

• Corral del Carbón

Syria

Khan As'ad Pasha in Damascus, Syria

• Khan Tuman
• Khan As'ad Pasha, Damascus
• Khan al-Harir, Damascus
• Khan Jaqmaq, Damascus
• Khan Sulayman Pasha, Damascus
• Khan al-Arous

Turkey

See also: List of Seljuk hans and kervansarays in Turkey and List of streets, hans and gates in Grand Bazaar, Istanbul

Sultan Han in the eponymous town of Sultanhanı, Turkey

• Ağzıkara Han, Aksaray Province
• Büyük Valide Han, Istanbul
• Büyük Yeni Han, Istanbul
• Caravanserai of Zor, Iğdır
• Hafsa Sultan Caravanserai, Marmaris
• Hanabad caravanserai, Çardak
• Hasan Pasha Han, Diyarbakır
• Koza Han, Bursa
• Kürkçü Han, Istanbul
• Kurtkulağı Kervansarayı, Ceyhan
• Öküz Mehmed Pasha Caravanserai, Kuşadası
• Öküz Mehmet Pasha Complex, Ulukışla
• Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Edirne)
• Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Ereğli)
• Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai, Erzurum
• Sokollu Mehmet Pasha caravanserai, Payas
• Sultan Han, Aksaray Province
• Sultan Han, Kayseri Province
• Suluhan, Ankara
• Taşhan caravanserai, Hekimhan

Uzbekistan

Entrance portal of Ribat-i Malik, Uzbekistan

• Kanka
• Ribat-i Malik