Kürkçü Han
The Kürkçü Han () is a large historic ''han'' (caravanserai) in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Mahmud Pasha, the grand vizier of Mehmed the Conqueror, Mehmet II, it was completed in 1467 and is the oldest surviving caravanserai in the city, although it has been modified, partly ruined, and renovated over the centuries. Historical background The ''han'' is located in the central historic market district that extends from the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Grand Bazaar to the Eminönü neighbourhood on the shore of the Golden Horn. Since the founding of the first ''bedesten'' by Mehmed the Conqueror, Mehmet II between 1456 and 1461, the Grand Bazaar developed into the city's main hub of international trade, spawning entire districts of shops, warehouses, and merchant lodgings. A ''han'', a type of urban caravanserai, was a common type of commercial structure in Ottoman architecture (and more broadly in Islamic architecture, Islamic-world architecture) which serv ...
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