caravanserai

type of roadside inn
Thing general Q186347
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caravanserai

Summary

caravanserai has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • caravanserai is a type of hostel[2].
  • caravanserai is a type of halting site[3].
  • caravanserai is a type of public accommodation[4].
  • caravanserai is a type of historic building[5].
  • caravanserai's Commons category is recorded as Caravanserais[6].
  • caravanserai's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Caravanserais[7].
  • caravanserai's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic=caravanserai[8].
  • caravanserai's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • caravanserai's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • caravanserai's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • caravanserai's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • caravanserai's partially coincident with is recorded as post station[13].
  • caravanserai's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'کاروانسرای'}[14].
  • caravanserai's different from is recorded as Caravanserai[15].
  • caravanserai's different from is recorded as Sarai[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hostel[2], halting site[3], public accommodation[4], and historic building[5].

Influence

Things named for caravanserai include Kervansaray[17], a village of Turkey[18], in Turkey[19] and Khan Yunis[20], a city[21], in United Arab Republic[22], founded in 1389[23].

Why It Matters

caravanserai has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] caravanserai is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for caravanserai include Kervansaray[17], a village of Turkey[18], in Turkey[19] and Khan Yunis[20], a city[21], in United Arab Republic[22], founded in 1389[23].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag caravansaries
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: caravansaries, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922377|caravansaries (#289922377)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 13w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Heritage designation Q1459900
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1435]]: [[Q1459900]]"
  3. 13w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Caravanserais
    Subclass of
    World heritage tentative list id 6197
    Openstreetmap tag historic=caravanserai
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4171]]: 6197, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778156451805"
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