Khan Jaqmaq ( ar, خَان جَقْمَق, Ḵān Jaqmaq) is one of the few remaining
khan
Khan may refer to:
*Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan
*Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...
s in the
Old City of Damascus, it was built by the Mamluk emir,
Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq who was governor of Damascus in 1418–20. It was rebuilt to a great extent in 1601.
[Jaqmaq Khan](_blank)
Archnet Digital Library.
See also
*
Khan As'ad Pasha
*
Khan Sulayman Pasha
*
Khan Tuman
References
Buildings and structures completed in 1420
Caravanserais in Damascus
15th-century establishments in the Mamluk Sultanate
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