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Caravansary
A caravanserai or
caravansary was a roadside
inn where travelers could rest
and recover from the day's
journey. In the Middle-East, it
is often called by its Persian
name khan. (/maranjab.html)
Maranjab Caravansary - Front view - Kashan - Iran
Caravanserais supported the
flow of commerce,
information, and people
across the network of trade
routes covering Asia, North
Africa, and southeastern
Europe, especially along the
Silk Road.

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Madar-e-Shah Caravansary - Front view - Isfahan - Iran

Types of Caravansary
Rectangular Caravansaries

Typically there were arched niches on both sides of the portal, which served as cupboards and fireplaces for those
staying overnight outside the caravansary. The portal was placed more architectonically, on the central axis of the facade,
and emphasized by a projecting two-storied entrance block; in the upper story there were residential quarters for more
affluent travelers.

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The number of ayv ā n s could vary between two and four. There were no porticos around the courtyard; instead there was
a series of anterooms with arched entrances, through which travelers passed to reach the guest rooms. The anterooms
were raised 60-100 cm above the level of the courtyard so that the caravan animals could not stray into them. Both
anterooms and guest rooms were provided with niches and fireplaces, the latter vented through chimneys.

Madare shah Caravansary - Entrance View - Isfahan - Iran

The exterior is plain on three sites; the main facade with
arched niches was marked by the portal, which was two
stories high and projected several meters.

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Shah Abbasi Caravansary - View from Vestibule - Karaj - Iran

Inside the portal lies a broad vestibule, here with an
upper story containing well-ventilated chambers reserved
for important guests.

Maranjab Caravansary - Courtyard - Kashan - Iran

The interior court is a spacious rectangle (50 by 52

meters) with iwans in the middle of each of the four sides
and beveled corners.

The iwans are linked by a line of shallow arched porches, Room View
each of which leads to a small room for sleeping. The
doorways are raised so that animals cannot stray from
the court,

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Stable view
Stables accessible by passages from the court run
around the perimeter of the building behind the sleeping
quarters.

Zein o'din Caravansary - Niches in room - Yazd - Iran

Both anterooms and guest rooms were provided with
niches and fireplaces, the latter vented through
chimneys.

Other Rectangular Caravansaries

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Round and Octagonal Caravansaries

There are few round or Octagonal caravansaries in Iran that mostly developed during Safavid dynasty. Around 3 Octagonal
Caravansary are explored in Iran that all of them located in Fars providence of Iran. And from 3 other round shape
caravansaries one is located in Hamedan other located in near Kashan that almost ruined and the last one located in
Yazd that is renovated and is in good condition now.

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Other Octagonal and Round Caravansaries

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Roofed Caravansaries
Mountain caravansaries were built in or close to passes and were partially dug out of the cliffs so that their backs and
parts of their side walls were sheltered under the overhanging mountains. They provided travelers with shelter from snow
storms and avalanches in the autumn and spring in winter the roads through the passes are almost entirely blocked. In
the smaller examples there is typically a central domed room with surrounding stable corridors or a series of tunnel-
vaulted or domed chambers.

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900 Caravansaries Location on Google Map

In map below you can find around 900 Caravansaries location in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Central Asia. Most of them
are not operating as used to be, however few of them are renovated and now is operating as Cafe, Restaurant or Museum.
As can be seen in the map below these Caravansaries located alongside the ancient roads such as Silk Road that
stretched from North east of Iran to West and South west of Iran. Most of them constructed during Safavid dynasty
(1501 – 1736) in Iran and Seljuk dynasty in Turkey. You can find the list of the name and location of the caravansaries in
below.

Caravansary

Map data ©2018 GeoBasis-DE/BKG (©2009), Google Imagery ©2018 TerraMetrics Terms 200 km

Caravansary Name
Abu Zeidabad
Arjenan
Arsanjan
Asfak
Afzal

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Alaki (Ruined)
Allahabad
Allahverdikhan
Alhak
Amiriyeh
Aminabad
Anarestan
Anarak
Anjirak
Anjileh
Anushirvan
Ayrandibi (Ruined)
Izadkhast
Eyvanekey
Ab Bid
Ahovan
Aveh
Baba Ghodrat
Bajgah
Bastani
Bashlu
Bagh e Sheikh
Bagheyn
Bagher Abad
Bedasht
Bard e Shiraz
Barsian
Beriz
Bast e Faryab
Bastak
Begham
Balabad
Bonaruye
Behjatabad
Bayaz
Bidzard
Bisotun
Bisotun
Pariz
Pasangan
Patagh
Pol e Dallak
Pol e Dallak
Pich e Bon
Tajabad
Takhte e Foulad
Tashk (ruined)
Tekmeh Dash
Tang e Zanjiran
Toor
Toos
Ti Ti
Timche Parviz
Tinuj
Jelogir
Jamalabad
Janguy e Arayee
Jahrom
Jouyam
Chameshak
Chah talkh
Chah e howz
Chah e khavar (Ruined)
Chah e Khoshab
Chah e Salar
Chah e Qadeh (Agha Kamal)
Chah e Qadeh 2
Chah e Kuran
Chah e Gonbad
Chah e No
Chamiran (Ruined)
Chamian
Chaharabad
Chahar Berkeh

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Chahar Deh
Chehel Payeh
Haj Kazem Modarres
Hajiabad
Hafezi
Hasanabad
Hoseinabad
Hoseinabad
Hoz e Soltan
Khatunabad
Khan
Khan
Khan
Khanabad (Ruined)
Khankhoreh
Khan e Zenian
khanat
Kharanegh
Khargushi
Khoshkehrood
Khajeh malkom
Khajeh nazar
Kheir abad
Kheirabad
Deh Salm (Ruined)
Deh Seyf
Deh Shir
Deh Kohneh
Deh Mohammad
Deh Molla
Deh Nar
Deh Namak
Dalaki
Darband
Darband
Danbi
Dehdez
Dehdasht
Dahaneh (Round)
Dodahak
Dokuhak
Dowlatabad
Dayr e Gachin
Deyhook
Rahdar
Robat
Robat e Poshtebam
Robat e Jam
Robat e Khakestari
Robat e Zar mehr
Robat e Ziarat
Robat e Sorkha
Robat e Saryazd
Robat e Sefid
Robat e sefid
Robat e Soltan
Robat e Samangan
Robat e Sangi
Robat e Seyed
Robat e Sharaf
Robat e Shur
Robat e Eshgh
Robat e Fakhrabad
Robat e Kameh
Robat e Karim
Robat e Karim
Robat e No
Robat e Hrousak (Ruined)
Robat e Virani
Rashti
Reza Abad
Rafsanjan
Rakeh
Rouhieh

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Malek (Ruined)
Rigan
Rivand
Zawieh (Ruined)
Zahmatkesh
Zardan (Ruined)
Zarnukh (Covered)
Zavareh
Zizeh
Zeinoddin
Zeinabad
Saghand
Saveh
Sepanj
Sajzi
Sarasiab
Sorayan
Sarbisheh
Sarcham (Ruined)
Saadatabad
Sefidab
Soltanololama (Ruined)
San San
Sankhast
Sangbast
Sangbast (zendan)
Sangabad
Sangtoo
Sangi
Sangi
Sangi
Soh
Sahlabad
Sivand (ghavamabad)
Shah Abbasi
Shah Abbasi
Shah Abbasi
Shah Abbasi
Shah Abbasi
Shah Abbasi
Shah Abbasi
Shah Abbasi
Shah Abbasi
Shah Abbasi
Shah Abbasi
Shah Abbasi
Shahneshin
Shahoon
Shotorgaloo
Shatoor
Sharifabad
Shalil
Shams
Shams o Saltaneh
Shahreza
Shurjestan
Shourcheh (Ruined)
Shourgaz
Shouryab
Sheikh Ali Zangeneh
Sadrabad
Sad o Saltane
Tabasi
Torogh
Talab
Zafarghand
Abbasabad
Abbasabad
Abbasabad
Arbabad (Ruined)
Asgarabad
Alagheband
Aliabad
Aliabad

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Einolrashid
Famenin
Fakhr e Davoud
Faramarz Khan
Farasfaj
Feyz Abad
Ghasemabad
Qasemabad
Ghanli Bolagh
Ghadamgah
Gharapil
Gharabolagh (Ruined)
Ghezlegh
Ghasre Shirin
Ghasr e Bahram
Ghale Razeh
Ghale Sangi
Ghale Sangi
Ghale Shour
Ghale Asgar
Ghale Nasir (Avsar)
Ghale Vazir
Qurdik (Ruined)
Qusheh
Kabutarkhan
Kabud Gonbad
Kabudan
Kermanshah
Kashkuiyeh (Ruined)
Kalmard
Konar Takhte
Kenargerd
Khan
Kouhpaye
Galonabad
Gabrabad
Gachin
Gadook
Gerd e Faramarz
Gerdin
Garmsar
Gaz
Golshan
Golshan
Galoo Softeh (Ruined)
Ganjali Khan
Gousheh
Goyjabil
Laat
Lari
Lasjerd
Lakab
Madar e Shah
Madar e Shah
Mahi
Mahidasht
Mahin
Mohammadabad
Mahmoud Chah
Mokhtak
Maranjab
Marandiz
Mazinan
Masjedabad
Maskun (Ruined)
Mashad Garah
Moshir
Moshir
Moshir ol Molk
Mozafari (Pasargad)
Moayen ol Tojar
Mollabashi
Mehr
Mahyar

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Mourchekhort
Mian Jangal
Mian Kotal
Mian Dasht
Mir Hashem
Mishvand
Naserieh
Natanz
Noghdi Kandi (Ruined)
Nogonbad
Neygenan
Neyriz
Neyestanak
Nikpey
Nimar
Hojaib
Harjand
Harouz
Hosnijeh
Verdeh
Varzaneh
Vandadeh
Yam
Yaghmish
Yunesi

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