khans

In Syria these buildings are called khans; in the Hedjaz hosh, which, in the dialect of Egypt, means a court-yard.

Travels in Arabia 2003

They were called khans, from the Persian, and, in simplest form, were fenced enclosures, without house or shed, often without a gate or entrance.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

On the great roads through barren or uninhabited parts, the need of shelter led, very early, to the erection of rude and simple buildings, of varying size, known as khans, which offered the wayfarer the protection of walls and a roof, and water, but little more.

Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897

No. Once it had many kings, called khans; but now the khans have lost their power, and are only _called_ khan to do them honor.

Far Off Favell Lee Mortimer 1840

In Syria these buildings are called khans; in the Hedjaz hosh, which, in the dialect of Egypt, means a court-yard.

Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

Nestled among the 2,000-year-old labyrinthine streets in courtyard houses and old hotels known as khans, are a handful of workshops that have been making the famed "Savon d'Alep", or

Reuters: Top News 2010

"khans," or inns, were built to accommodate the different nationalities or trades.

Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt R. Talbot Kelly 1897

"khans", and the armed forces that seek to protect them.

China Matters 2009

Made from a framework of wood and a covering of animal hair felt, the yurt—or more curtly, the ger , according to the Mongols who invented it—was essential gear for nomads and khans on the Steppes.

An In-Tents Experience 2011

Subjected to princes, khans, tsars, and then commissars, russians are said to have acquired a culture of “submission to strong and willful authority.”

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011