Caravanserai of Ganj Ali Khan

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Ganj Ali Khan Complex

dc.coverage.spatial	Site: Kerman (Iran)	en_US
dc.creator	Unknown	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-08-02T20:21:16Z
dc.date.available	2011-08-02T20:21:16Z
dc.identifier	161890	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/67382	en_US
dc.description	The caravanserai is located on the east side of the Ganj-i Ali Khan Square. Its portal bears a foundation inscription from 1598 (1007 A.H.) composed by calligrapher Ali-Reza Abbasi. Its architect was Ustad Muhammad Yazd. The plan of the caravanserai is based on the four-iwan typology, with double-story halls centered on tall iwans enveloping four sides of an open courtyard. There is an octagonal fountain at the center of the courtyard which is chamfered at the corners. The caravanserai measures thirty-one and a half by twenty-three meters. It has a small domed mosque at one corner that measures five and a half by five meters. Source: Archnet	en_US
dc.description	exterior, tilework detail on caravanserai portal, 1999	en_US
dc.format.medium	brick	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	125892	en_US
dc.rights	(c) MIT Libraries, Aga Khan Visual Archive,photograph by Khosrow Bozorgi	en_US
dc.subject	Caravanserais	en_US
dc.subject	Trade routes	en_US
dc.subject	Architecture, Islamic	en_US
dc.subject	Architecture, Islamic --Iran	en_US
dc.subject	Architecture, Safavid	en_US
dc.subject	Decoration and ornament, Architectural --Iran	en_US
dc.subject	Decoration and ornament, Islamic	en_US
dc.subject	Tiles, Islamic	en_US
dc.title	Caravanserai of Ganj Ali Khan	en_US
dc.title	Ganj Ali Khan Complex	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Caravanserai of Ganj 'Ali Khan	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.rights.access	All rights reserved	en_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode	7-06	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Persian	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Islamic	en_US
vra.technique	construction	en_US
vra.worktype	Caravanserai	en_US
dc.contributor.display	Persian, Islamic	en_US