caravanserai
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From Persian کاروانسرای (kārvānserāy), from کاروان (kārvān) ‘caravan’ + سرای (sarāy) ‘palace, dwelling’ or ‘enclosed courts’.
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- IPA: /kærəˈvænsəraɪ/
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caravanserai (plural caravanserais)
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an inn having a central courtyard where caravans can rest
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A sample plan of Safavid caravanserai. |
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- Hillenbrand, Robert. 1994. Islamic Architecture: Form, function and meaning. NY: Columbia University Press. (see Chapter VI for an in depth overview of the caravanserai).
- Sims, Eleanor. 1978. Trade and Travel: Markets and Caravanserais.' In: Michell, George. (ed.). 1978. Architecture of the Islamic World - Its History and Social Meaning. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 80-111.
- Yavuz, Aysil Tükel. 1997. The Concepts that Shape Anatolian Seljuq Caravanserais. In: Gülru Necipoglu (ed). 1997. Muqarnas XIV: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 80-95. Available online as a PDF document, 1.98 MB archnet.org/library/pubdownloader/pdf/8967/doc/DPC1304.pdf.
