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Dokuhak Caravanserai

🐫 Caravanserai

Start of the Shiraz–Sepidan road, Shiraz

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The Dokuhak Caravanserai is a Safavid-era stone caravanserai at the start of the road from Shiraz to Sepidan, Fars Province, which now lies inside the city of Shiraz. Most of the building has been destroyed, and it needs restoring.

When was it built?

The caravanserai dates back to the Safavid era. It was added to Iran's National Heritage List on 9 September 1998 as number 2107, and in the summer of 2024 its title deed was issued in the name of the Fars cultural heritage office.

What was it built for?

The caravanserai was built near Shiraz, on the road to Sepidan, for caravans to stop at. No repairs or new building can be seen in it today, but most of its parts are in ruins.

What you will see

The building has one storey and two iwans, and these two iwans give the caravanserai its main shape.
Every part of the building is made of rubble stone and gypsum; being built entirely of stone is one of its features.
The cells were built separately and do not connect with one another.