Khan As'ad Pasha: The Epic of the Dome That Turned Trade into a City Within a City

خان أسعد باشا: ملحمة القبة التي جعلت التجارة مدينةً داخل مدينة

By Architect Imad Darouich

Ten chapters read the khan that the governor As'ad Pasha al-Azm completed in 1752 off the Buzuriyah market in Damascus: its gate, eight domes ringed with windows around a ninth bay of light, the courtyard fountain, black and white stone, merchants far from home, caravans from Aleppo to Baghdad, decline and restoration.

Format

PDF ebook

Languages

Arabic and English

Collection

Buildings & Cities