Sarıhan
Coordinates: 38 ° 42 ′ 42 ″ N , 34 ° 54 ′ 32 ″ E
The Sarıhan ( Turkish Yellow Han , also Saruhan ) is a Seljuk caravanserai in Cappadocia in Turkey . It is located about six kilometers east of Avanos in the province of Nevşehir south of the Kızılırmak .
Emergence
The caravanserai was built in the 13th century under the rule of İzzeddin Keykavus II (ruled 1246–1257), Sultan of the Rum Seljuks . It is one of numerous caravanserais on the Seljuk trade route from Konya via Aksaray to Kayseri . The road was known as Ulu Yol (Great Road) and split in Kayseri into a north-east route via Sivas and Erzurum to Iran and a south-east route via Malatya , Diyarbakır and Van to Mesopotamia . Roman and Byzantine spoilage in the Hans on this street make it seem likely that the caravanserais at least partially correspond to military street posts or hostels from this period.
construction
The Han is laid out roughly east-west and parallel to the former and today's street, the entrance is on the east side in the direction of Kayseri. The building measures around 90 m in an east-west direction and 60 m in a north-south direction. To the east is the richly ornamented portal that protrudes two meters from the outer wall. You enter the courtyard through the gate, to which the main hall adjoins to the west. Above the portal there is a mosque ( mescit ) with a fan-shaped dome decorated with muqarnas and a mihrab (prayer niche) in the south wall. On the south side of the courtyard are open rooms, separated by arches, which were probably used as stables. On the north side there are seven closed rooms, some of which can be entered through elaborately designed doors from the courtyard. The three western are closed rooms, the four eastern are connected to each other. Water pipes were found in one of them, which suggests that it contained bath rooms. In the northeast corner of the courtyard, two stairs lead to the inner wall to the mosque and to the roof of the building. In the west of the courtyard, another portal leads into the main hall, which measures approximately 25 × 25 m. It is equipped with a simple central dome and has a central nave and five transepts on each side.
The structure is made of yellow stones that give the Han its name. On the hall portal and the roof arches in the hall, alternating light and dark stones form decorative patterns. The building was extensively restored in the late 1980s, using the same type of stone as the original building.
Today dervish dance performances are held regularly in the courtyard of the Sarıhan .
Caravanserai from the west
Central nave of the hall
Inner courtyard with east wall and stairs to the mosque and the roof
See also
literature
- Peter Daners, Volker Ohl: Cappadocia. Dumont, 1996. ISBN 3-7701-3256-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Daners, Volker Ohl: Cappadocia. Dumont, 1996. p. 193 ISBN 3-7701-3256-4