![]() The word is also rendered as caravansary, caravansaray, caravanseray, caravansara, and caravansarai. Here "caravan" means a group of traders, pilgrims or other travellers, engaged in long-distance travel. The Izadkhast caravanserai (early 17th century), Fars Province, Iran Terms and etymology The Ganjali Khan Caravanserai (1598), in Kerman, Iran Caravanserai Ĭaravanserai ( Persian: کاروانسرای, romanized: kārvānsarāy), is the Persian compound word variant combining kārvān " caravan" with -sarāy "palace", "building with enclosed courts". Often located along rural roads in the countryside, urban versions of caravanserais were also historically common in cities throughout the Islamic world, and were often called other names such as khan, wikala, or funduq. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North Africa and Southeast Europe, most notably the Silk Road. The Shah-Abbasi caravansarai in Karaj, IranĪ caravanserai (or caravansary / k ær ə ˈ v æ n s ə ˌ r aɪ/) was a roadside inn where travelers ( caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey. ![]() For the Palestinian village, see al-Funduq.
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