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ANCIENT KHANS (CARAVANSERAI) |
| KHAN IN DAMASCUS |
| ASSAD PASHA |
| Located in Bzouriyeh Souk in Damascus, built in the 18th centaury by the city governor Assad Pasha al-Azem. entered through a monumental gateway lavishly decorated with stone carvings and roofed by a muqarnas semi-dome leads to a square courtyard with shops on the ground floor, used for commerce and storage. The space of the courtyard is divided into nine equal square modules, each covered with a dome raised on a drum pierced with twenty windows. The khan is built of alternating courses of basalt and limestone |
| JAQMAQ |
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built by Mamluk Prince Jaqmaq Wali (governor) of Damascus in the 15th centuary, accessed from the straight street by a monumental portal (the oldest in Damascus) situated on its south façade |
| SULEIMAN PASHA |
| located in the eastern side of Street Called Straight, built during the Ottoman period by Sulayman Pasha al-Azem, the governor of Damascus between 1732 and 1736 with alternating courses of limestone and basalt. its courtyard framed by six arches span the two floors raised on six pillars. These arches used to support the domes, which sat on pendentives |
| KHAN IN ALEPPO |
| AL SHOUNA |
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Built in the 16th centaury, nowadays combines traditional market |
| AL WASIR (MINISTER) |
| Located between the Citadel and the Great Mosque, one of the largest in Aleppo. Known for its magnificent facade, It follows a traditional plan with merchant's storage areas and stores wrapping the courtyard's perimeter, and sleeping quarters for travelers on the second story |
| AL JOUMROK |
| RUSTOM PASHA |
| Built in Hama by the Sadr Aazam (Ottoman prime minister) during the reign of Sultan Suleiman The Magnificent at 1556, distinguished for its wide entrance, converted later to a handicraft market |
| KHAN OF APAMEA |
