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A
caravanserai (-
kārvānsarā,
Turkish:
kervansaray) was a roadside
inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information, and people across the network of
trade routes covering
Asia,
North Africa, and
South-Eastern Europe.
Most typically it was a building with a square or rectangular walled exterior (
Amin Abad and Dihbid), with a single portal wide enough to permit large or heavily laden beasts such as
camels to enter. The courtyard was almost always open to the sky, and the inside walls of the enclosure were outfitted with a number of identical
stalls, bays, niches, or chambers to accommodate merchants and their servants, animals, and merchandise. Caravanserais provided water for human and animal consumption, washing, and ritual ablutions. Sometimes they even had elaborate baths. They also kept
fodder for animals and had shops for travellers where they could acquire new supplies. In addition, there could be shops where merchants could dispose of some of their goods.
The word is also rendered as
caravansarai and
caravansary. It is a
Westernization of the
Persian word كاروانسرا, which combines
caravan (كاروان) with
sara (سرا) meaning dwelling, palace, or enclosed courts, added by the Persian suffix
-yi. Caravan itself has come to have a similar meaning in English, where it refers to a group or convoy of soldiers, traders, pilgrims, or other travelers engaged in long distance travel.
The caravanserai was also known as a (Persian خان) or (Turkish).
Image:Sadolsaltaneh_caravanserai.jpg|Interior of the Caravanserai of Sa'd al-Saltaneh in Qazvin.
Image:Hotel Shah Abbas Sahn.jpg|Caravanserai of Shah Abbas, now a hotel, in Isfahan. View is from courtyard (sahn).
Image:Sangi caravansara.jpg|Caravanserai Sangi in Zanjan.
Image:Caravansarai Karaj.jpg|A caravanserai in Karaj, Iran of Safavid era
Image:Caravanserai-Sheki.jpg|Caravanserai in Shaki, Azerbaijan
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