الخانات الإسلامية : "نشأتها و أصولها المعمارية"

Abstract EN

There was unanimous opinion that the Islamic Khan was borrowed from the Persian civilization, although there are no scientific studies specialized in the origin of Islamic khans, but there were some references came to the emergence of the khans and the beginning of their emergence as a facility that was designated as a station and lodges for caravans on the roads in a transient, sporadic, and insufficient manner, which increased the matter, Ambiguity, which prompted the researcher to research the roots of this facility, and follow the first indications of its idea since its inception on the land roads before Islam, to identify its features, plans, elements and ancient architectural components, and the functional purposes for which it was established until the emergence of Islam, to find out the architectural form And the functional roles of this facility in its early stages, then it follows the movement of building this facility in the beginning of Islam, and how Muslims borrowed this architectural component, through the archaeological evidence and archaeological evidence remaining for some of the first surviving examples of this facility before Islam and its encounter with the early Islamic khans, to determine the general form and the true architectural origins of the Islamic Khan.