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A caravanserai (also spelt '''caravansarai''', '''caravansary''' from " meaning a group or convoy of military or trade or pilgrims engaged in long distance travel). The word "caravansarei" derived from "caravan" (travellers) and "sarai" (or sera) meaning home or inn. A caravanserai was a roadside Inn where Caravan s could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across a network of Trade Routes of Asia , North Africa and South-Eastern Europe . Most typically it was a "building with a square or rectangular walled exterior, with a single portal wide enough to permit large or heavily laden beasts such as Camel s to enter. The courtyard is almost always open to the sky, and along the inside walls of the enclosure are ranged a number of identical stalls, bays, niches or chambers to accommodate merchants and their servants, their animals and merchandise. (Sims 1978:101) |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Isfahan" class="copylinks">Isfahan View is from courtyard (sahn) |
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Image:Carvansara PlangifA Sample Plan Of
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Safavid" class="copylinks">Safavid caravanserai |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Karaj" class="copylinks">Karaj , Iran of Safavid era |
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