The Persian Caravanserai

The Persian Caravanserai

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria	(ii)(iii)
Reference	1668

The Persian Caravanserai is a UNESCO World Heritage site composed of 54 different caravanserais.^[1]

It was inscribed in 2023.^[2]

Background

Qasr-e-Bahram

Caravanserais were roadside inns, which would provide shelter to travelers.^[3][4]

List

ID (UNESCO)	Image	Name	Province
1668-001		Deyr-e Gachin	Qom
1668-002		Noushirvān	Semnan
1668-003		Āhovān	Semnan
1668-004		Parand	Tehran
1668-005		Robāt-e Sharaf	Razavi Khorasan
1668-006		Anjireh Ājori	Yazd
1668-007		Anjireh Sangi	Yazd
1668-008		Abbās Ābād Tāybād	Razavi Khorasan
1668-009		Jamāl Ābād	East Azerbaijan
1668-010		Qelli	North Khorasan
1668-011		Fakhr-e Dāvūd
1668-012		Sheikhali Khān
1668-013		Maranjāb
1668-014		Amin Ābād
1668-015		Gabr Ābād
1668-016		Mahyār
1668-017		Gaz
1668-018		Kūhpāyeh
1668-019		Mazinān
1668-020		Mehr
1668-021		Zafarāniyeh
1668-022		Fakhr Ābād
1668-023		Sarāyān
1668-024		Qasr-e Bahrām
1668-025		Mayāmey
1668-026		Abbās Ābād
1668-027		Miāndasht
1668-028		Zeynoddīn
1668-029		Meybod
1668-030		Farasfaj
1668-031		Īzadkhāst
1668-032		Bisotūn
1668-033		Ganjali Khān
1668-034		Yengeh Emām
1668-035		Khājeh Nazar
1668-036		Goujebel
1668-037		Sāeen
1668-038		Titi
1668-039		Dehdasht
1668-040		Khoy
1668-041		Bāgh-e Sheikh
1668-042		Neyestānak
1668-043		Chehel Pāyeh
1668-044		Khān
1668-045		Deh Mohammad
1668-046		Tāj Ābād
1668-047		Chāh kūrān
1668-048		Kharānaq
1668-049		Rashti
1668-050		Borāzjān
1668-051		Chameshk
1668-052		Afzal
1668-053		Bastak
1668-054		Saʿadossaltaneh

References

1. Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "The Persian Caravanserai". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
2. AFP (2023-09-18). "Tell Al Sultan, Iran's caravanserais added to world heritage list". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
3. "Iran submits UNESCO dossier on collective caravanserais". Tehran Times. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
4. "UNESCO assessors to examine centuries-old Iranian caravanserai". Tehran Times. 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2023-09-21.