The roadside inns (khāns) in Ottoman Dobrudja
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2020

Dobrudja is located at the crossroad of commercial roads and was always the transit area for the trade road that linked the Mediterranean to the Baltic area, as well as a terminus point for the commercial routes in central Europe. This, together with the implementation of traditions of the Muslim world, led to the appearance in the important centers of the province of a specific element: the inns. They acquire specific features, according to the oriental tradition. Written sources of that time c