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Description
Property Name: Khayyatin Khan
Inventory No: 961-6-23
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-10-26
Country (State party): Lebanon
Province: Tripoli
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 34° 26′ 9.76″ N
35° 50′ 44.2″ E
Historic Period: 14th century, 1st half
Year of Construction: unknown
Style: Mamluk
Original Use: Khan
Current Use: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Khayyatin Khan is a 14th century Mamluk structure with an interesting plan type which looks much more like a closed street than a traditional khan.
Selection Criteria
iv. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history
State of Preservation
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References
Salam-Liebich, Hayat. The Architecture of the Mamluk City of Tripoli, The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1983.
Website of Archnet, http://archnet.org
The Tripoli Internet Database, http://tripoli-city.org
Suq Haraj Restoration Report April 2005, http://www.oidmg.org/Beirut/Projekte/Tripoli/Abbildungen/Report on Restoration Suq Haraj.PDF