Khan As'ad Pasha ( ar, خَان أَسْعَد بَاشَا, Khān ʾAsʿad Bāşā) is the largest

caravanserai A caravanserai (or caravansary; ) was a roadside inn where travelers ( caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the network of trade routes covering ...

() in the

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Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

, covering an area of . Situated along

Al-Buzuriyah Souq Al-Buzuriyah Souq ( ar, سُوقُ ٱلْبُزُورِيَّةِ, Sūq al-Buzūrīyah) is a historical souk located to the south of the Umayyad Mosque inside the old walled city of Damascus, Syria. The souk is famous for its spices vendors, and th ...

, it was built and named after As'ad Pasha al-Azem, the governor of Damascus, in 1751–52.As'ad Pasha Khan
Archnet Digital Library. Khan As'ad Pasha has been described as one of the finest khans of Damascus, and the most "ambitious" work of architecture in the city. Throughout the

Ottoman era The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

, it hosted caravans coming from

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

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and elsewhere in the

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Architecture

The restoration of the won the

Aga Khan Award for Architecture The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies in the field ...

.As'ad Pasha Khan Restoration
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External Links

See inside the place with a virtual tour from the ministry of tourism: https://syriatourism.org/Virtual_Tours/Khan%20Assad%20Basha/

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File:The Great Khan at Damascus - Carne John - 1836.jpg, The , 1836 File:Khan As'ad Pasha.jpg, Modern art exhibit inside File:Khan As'ad Pasha by Nabih Farkouh.JPG, Interior File:Khan As'ad Pacha Al-'Azem.jpg, Arches and domes File:Damascus, Syria, Khan As'ad Pasha Roof.jpg, Arches File:Damascus, Syria, Khan As'ad Pasha.jpg, Interior

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