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Ribat of Zein-o-din , a former caravanserai near Yazd , IranA 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 Armenia Orbelian's Caravanserai , ArmeniaAzerbaijan Shaki Caravanserai in Shaki , AzerbaijanBangladesh Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Egypt Wikala of Sultan al-Ghuri in Cairo, EgyptGreece India Serai Nurmahal , IndiaIraq Iran Abbasi Hotel in Isfahan , Iran, converted from a former caravanseraiShah Abbasi Caravanserai in Karaj , IranAmin al-tojar Caravansarai , Kashmar, Iran Aminoddole Carvansarai , in the Kashan Bazaar , Kashan , Iran The Mothers Inn caravanserai (today's Abbasi Hotel ) in Isfahan Caravanserai of Seen in Isfahan Qoosheh Amirabad Caravansary , Damghan Caravanserai of Ganjali khan in Kerman Hambari Caravanserai , Bisotun Caravanserai Mahyar, Isfahan Amin Abad caravanserai Kermanshah Caravanserai-i-Shah , Qazvin Caravanserai of Sa'd al-Saltaneh , Qazvin Ganjali Khan Complex Caravanserai of Sa'd al-Saltaneh Qasr-e Shirin Caravanserai Ilkhanid caravanserai Caravanserai of Shah Abbas , Isfahan Shah Abbasi Caravanserai , Karaj Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, Rey Neyestanak Caravanserai , Isfahan Province Zeinodin Caravanserai , Yazd Amir Chakhmaq Complex , YazdIzadkhast Caravanserai , IzadkhastKyrgyzstan North Macedonia Morocco Funduq al-Najjariyyin in Fes , MoroccoPakistan Palestine and Israel Fair at Khan al-Tujjar , Palestine, c. 1850 Alphabetically, without taking article into consideration (el-, al-, etc.).
Romania Serbia Stari Han in Kosjerić , SerbiaSpain Syria Khan As'ad Pasha in Damascus, SyriaTurkey Sultan Han in the eponymous town of Sultanhanı , TurkeyAğzıkara Han , Aksaray Province Büyük Valide Han , Istanbul Büyük Yeni Han , IstanbulCaravanserai of Zor , Iğdır Hafsa Sultan Caravanserai , Marmaris Hanabad caravanserai , Çardak Hasan Pasha Han, Diyarbakır Koza Han , Bursa Kürkçü Han , IstanbulKurtkulağı 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 ProvinceSultan Han , Kayseri Province Suluhan , Ankara Taşhan caravanserai , Hekimhan Uzbekistan Entrance portal of Ribat-i Malik , Uzbekistan