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Description
Property Name: Khan El Askar
Inventory No: 961-6-24
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-10-27
Country (State party): Lebanon
Province: Tripoli
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 34° 26′ 16.42″ N
35° 50′ 43.36″ E
Historic Period: Mamluk
Year of Construction: unknown
Style: Mamluk
Original Use: Khan
Current Use: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Built in the 14th century, Askar Khan consists of two massive units, each having the plan type of a classical khan with a central courtyard but serving as a garrison, and a vaulted corridor which connects them at street level.
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