List of Seljuk hans and kervansarays in Turkey

Below is the list of Seljuk kervansarays and hans in Turkey. Many kervansarays and hans were built during the Seljuk rule in Turkey. The list is in chronological order. (13th century) There was no clear distinction between the han (inns) the kervansarays . But usually the hans were in the cities and kervansarays were in the rural areas. Being far from the cities, kervansarays offered services like blacksmithing to caravans in addition to accommodation.

Portal of Sultanhan between Aksaray and Konya

The name of the han or kervansaray is shown in the first column. In everyday speech sometimes the name of the han or kervansaray is merged with the suffix han (i.e. BozBozhan). The people who commissioned the construction are shown in the second column. They were generally sultans (like Alaeddin Keykubad I), mothers of sultans (like Melike Mahperi), atabegs (like Ertokuş), governors (like Karasungur), but occasionally persons with no official status. The approximate date of construction is shown in the third column and the location of the han or kervansaray with reference to the end points of the road is shown in the last column. (Where applicable, the name of the location is also given.)[1]

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Name Commissioned by App. construction date Location (between)
Okla Kılıç Arslan II 1156-1192 Aksaray-Konya
Altun Apa Altın Apa 1201 Beyşehir-Konya
Argıt Altın Apa 1201 Akşehir- Konya
Kızılören Emir Kutlu 1206 Beyşehir Konya
Kuru Çeşme Gıyasettin Keyhüsrev I (?) 1207 Beyşehir-Konya
Dokuzun Derbent Ebi Bekr 1210 Konya-Akşehir
Edvir (Evdir) Izzeddin Keykavus I 1210-1219 Antalya-Isparta 36°59′18″N 30°34′48″E / 36.9883°N 30.58°E / 36.9883; 30.58
Alay Alaeddin Keykubad I 1219-1236 Aksaray-Kayseri
Eshabikeyf Nuşrateddin Hasan 1215-1234 Besni-Kayseri
Seyfettin Ferruh Seyfettin Ferruh 1215 Konya-Seydişehir
Taşhan Kaykaus I 1218 Hekimhan-Malatya
Hekim El Hekim El Malati 1219-1236 Malatya-Sivas
Pınarbaşı Atabey Ertokuş 1220 Denizli-Eğirdir
Ertokuş Atabey Ertokuş 1223 Eğirdir-Konya (Gelendost)
Kadın Raziye 1223 Konya-Akşehir (Kadınhanı)
Ebul Kasım Ahmet Ebül Kasım 1224 Niksar
Muhliseddin Musliseddin 1228 Zile
Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I 1229 Aksaray-Konya
Çardak Esedüddün Ayas 1230 Denizli-Eğridir (Çardak)
Alara Alaeddin Keykubad I 1231-1232 Alanya-Antalya 36°41′32″N 31°43′26″E / 36.6923°N 31.7238°E / 36.6923; 31.7238
Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I 1232-1236 Kayseri-Sivas
Karasungur Karasungur 1235-1236 Denizli
Sadettin (Zazadin) Sadettin Köpek 1235-1236 Aksaray-Konya
Kırkgöz Gıyasettin Keyhüsrev II 1236-1246 Antalya-Isparta
Şarapsa Gıyasettin Keyhüsrev II (?) 1235-1245 Konaklı 36°35′18″N 31°52′14″E / 36.5883°N 31.8706°E / 36.5883; 31.8706
Eğridir Gıyasettin Keyhüsrev 1237-1238 Eğridir
Ezine Pazar Malike Mahperi 1238-1246 Amasya-Tokat
İncir Gıyasettin Keyhüsrev II 1238-1239 Antalya-Isparta
Pazar Melike MahPeri 1238-1239 Amasya-Tokat
Çınçınlı Sultan Melike Mahperi 1239-1240 Kırşehir-Zile
Ağzıkara Hace Mesut 1231-1240 Aksaray-Kayseri
Karatay Celalettin Karatay 1240-1241 Kayseri-Malatya
Susuz Sadık Ağa 1244-1246 Antalya-Isparta
Ruz Apa Camedar Ruzapa 1246-1249 Akşehir-Konya
Yeni (Akhan) Karasungur 1249-1250 Denizli
İshaklı Sahip Ata 1249 Afyon-Akşehir (Sultandağ)
Karatay Celalettin Karatay (?) 1253 Konya
Boz Karasungur 1253-1254 Denizli-Eğridir
Durağan Pervane Süleyman 1266 Boyabat-Vezirköprü
Ilgın Sahip Ata 1267-1268 Akşehir-Konya (Ilgın)
Kesikköprü Cacabey 1268 Aksaray-Kırşehir
Çayhan Ebül Mücahit Yusuf 1278-1279 Afyon-Akşehir (Çay)
Dibli 1292 Divriği-Harput

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References

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  1. ^ İsmet İlter: Türk Hanları, TC Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara, 1969
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