Examples
“The gardens to the north-east contain a caravanserai, which is fairly well kept and comfortable.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
“There were some 300 habitations in Agdah, the principal one with a large quadrangular tower, being that of the Governor; but both the Chappar khana and the caravanserai were the filthiest we had so far encountered.”
Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland
“At the caravanserai is a traveller who says he hails from the Pishin”
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama
“The caravanserai is a big, commodious affair, a quadrangular structure of brick surrounding fully an acre of ground, and with a small open space outside.”
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama
“An inn of the Oriental pattern, often called caravanserai in books of travel.”
“a caravanserai is a picture of the world; men come in and go out of it, and no account is taken of them.”
“Here we were to stay the night at a kind of caravanserai, set apart for emigrants.”
“(Jer 42: 1-22). habitation to Chimham -- his "caravanserai" close by Beth-lehem.”
“[FN#453] In northern Africa the "Dár al-Ziyáfah" was a kind of caravanserai in which travellers were lodged at government expense.”
“I am inspired this week to praise the "caravanserai" because it is where we all met in the age before steamships and aircraft.”
Lists
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ruzuzu One of my favorite albums. I bought it at a concert by Burhan Öçal and the Instanbul Oriental Ensemble way back in 2002. That's when I fell in love with the kanun. Mar 4, 2011
milosrdenstvi Hold, monsters! Ere your pirate caravanserai
Proceed, against our will, to wed us all,
Just bear in mind that we are Wards in Chancery,
And father is a Major-General!
-- The Pirates of Penzance Aug 20, 2008