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Khan As'ad Pasha, Damascus: An Architectural Epic of Domes, Trade, and Light
خان أسعد باشا، دمشق: ملحمة القباب والتجارة والضوء
Ten chapters in dialogue with Khan As'ad Pasha, the caravanserai built in 1751 and 1752 in Al-Buzuriyah Souq for the governor As'ad Pasha al-Azm by an architect whose name was not recorded. They read its portal, courtyard, eight domes around a skylight, ablaq stone and two levels, then the 1759 earthquake and the restoration of the 1980s.
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- Arabic and English
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