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Caravanserais on the Route from Lar to Bandar 'Abbas
Digital Appendix
This website supports the paper published by David Gye in [Iran . . . .] dated [ ] with backup materials that support the published text. The paper may be accessed online on the website of Taylor & Francis at [………..].
Appendix Section 1
Abstract
The 240 km chain of caravanserais between the port of Bandar ʿAbbas and Lar at the other end of the Garmsirat region includes 22 known small pavilion buildings identified as of the Safavid period. Others, no longer extant, are referenced by travellers of the period. The buildings have been recorded by Wolfram Kleiss and the travellers’ accounts discussed by Willem Floor. This article describes the chain in more detail, using both sets of sources and some modest fieldwork, and analyses why this unusual form of building is preferred here to the virtual exclusion of all others. It concludes that the pattern of trade, the reduced need for security in the seventeenth century and the severe climate of the region are likely to be the primary drivers of this design. The paper also touches on the eight small courtyard caravanserais that have been recorded on the route and concludes that they are all likely to be of later date.
The contents of the website are as follows:
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Sources for travel accounts
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List of post-Safavid travel accounts reviewed
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Analysis of caravanserais and their statistics
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Other relevant caravanserais in the region
Figures, Tables and Plates in the Text
Figure 1 – Location Sketch for the Garmsirat Segment of the Lar-Bandar ʿAbbas Route
Figure 2 – Sketch Plan of Caravanserais identified by Kleiss
Figure 3 – Bad Ney (after Kleiss)
Figure 4 – Berkeh Sefid (after Kleiss)
Figure 5 – Taqi Khaneh (after Kleiss)
Figure 6 – Tang-e Dalan, Ground Plan (after Gaube)
Figure 7 – Sar Tang, Ground Plan (after Gaube)
Figure 8 – Cheki (after Gaube)
Figure 9 – Typical ‘Barn’ Caravanserai (after Kleiss)
Figure 10 – Typical ‘Hall Courtyard’ Caravanserai (after Kleiss)
Table 1 – Travellers’ Accounts of the Garmsirat Segment
Table 2 – Caravanserai Identities and Locations
Table 3 – Courtyard Caravanserais on the Garmsirat Segment
Table 4 – Relative Costs and Capacity of Caravanserais
Table 5 – Caravanserai Types Peculiar to the Garmsirat Region
Plate 1 – Bad Ney
Plate 2 – Bad Ney, Corner Chamber
Plate 3 – Bad Ney, Central Dome Chamber
Plate 4 – Berkeh Sefid
Plate 5 – Taqi Khaneh
Plate 6 – Taqi Khaneh
Plate 7 – Tang-e Dalan, Arched Aqueduct
Plate 8 – Tang-e Dalan, Shaft to the Inverted Siphon
Plate 9 – ʿAliabad, Decorative Effects
Plate 10 – Soh, Coffered Transverse Vault
Plate 11 – Cheki, Coffered Transverse Vault
Contents of the Article
Overview
The Accounts of Travellers
Travel and Trade in the Safavid period
Travel and Trade after the Safavid period
Records of Extant Buildings
Building Types
Simple Pavilions
Developed Pavilions
Particular Pavilion Buildings
Taqi Khaneh.
Tang-e Dalan.
Sar Tang
Dating of Pavilion Caravanserais
Courtyard Caravanserais
Dating of Courtyard Caravanserais
Building Material
Distribution of Caravanserais
Pavilion caravanserais – before 1726
Courtyard caravanserais – after 1726
Functioning of Safavid Pavilion Caravanserais
Security
Shelter
Water
Supplies
Privacy
Capacity
Costs of Building
Other Caravanserais in the Garmsirat
Builders and Donors
Conclusions
Declaration
Bibliography