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
Armenia
- Orbelian's Caravanserai, Vayots Dzor Province
Azerbaijan
Main article: List of caravanserais in Azerbaijan
- Multani Caravanserai, Baku
- Kur River Caravanserai, Sabirabad District
- Shaki Caravanserai, Sheki
Bangladesh
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cyprus
Egypt
- Wikala of Sultan al-Ghuri, Cairo
- Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay (at Bab al-Nasr), Cairo
- Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay (at al-Azhar), Cairo
- Wikala Bazar'a, (at al-Azhar) Cairo
Greece
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
Iraq
Iran
- Amin al-tojar Caravansarai, Kashmar, Iran
- Baba Ghodrat Caravansarai, Mashhad, 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, Yazd
- Izadkhast Caravanserai, Izadkhast
Kyrgyzstan
North Macedonia
- Kapan Han, Skopje
- Suli An, Skopje
- Kuršumli An, Skopje
Morocco
- Funduq Kettanin, Fes
- Funduq al-Najjariyyin (Fondouk Nejjarine), Fes
- Funduq Sagha, Fes
- Funduq Shamma'in & Funduq Sbitriyyin, Fes
- Funduq Staouniyyin (Funduq al-Tetwaniyyin), Fes
Pakistan
Palestine and Israel
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
Serbia
Spain
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
- 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
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