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dosseman_syria | profile | all galleries >> Damascus 13 galleries >> Souqs and khans in the Old City tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Damascus National Museum | Citadel and some old town | Souqs and khans in the Old City | North of the Souqs | West and northwest of the citadel | From Hijaz going east | Azem Palace or Beit al-Azem - قصر العظم | Near Sinan Pasha mosque | Christian district and some more | Sinan Pasha Mosque to Midan | Salihiye quarter | Tekkiye Suleymaniye | Umayyad or Great Mosque | test

Souqs and khans in the Old City

In this gallery the organizing principle is “souq”: mainly roofed shopping streets, some without a roof for part of the tract. Along them there are khans. Using the formidable “The monuments of Syria” guidebook by Ross Burns I visited the souqs and their khans (defined in that book as "combined warehouse and hostel for merchants"). They provide a sense of really "being inside old Damascus".

Note the pictures with a name in bold text will contain sub-gallies, so this single page actually opens up hundreds of pictures.

Quick to khans: Hammam Nur al-Din, Khan al-Sawwaf, Khan al-Amud, Khan Asaad Pașa, Khan al-Ruzz, Khan al-Safarjalani, Khan al-Tutun, Khan al-Sadraniye, Khan al-Sheik Qatana, Khan al-Haramain (Khan al-Juwar), Khan al-Yumruk, Khan al-Zafaraniye, Hammam al-Qishani (Tiled bath), Khan al-Harir (Silk khan), Khan Juhiye or Khan al-Hayyetin, Khan Jaqmaq, Khan al-Zait, Khan al-Dika, Khan Suleiman Paşa.
Osman Ibn al-Aidi or Muawiya street
Osman Ibn al-Aidi or Muawiya street
Suq al-Hamidiye - سوق الحميدية
Suq al-Hamidiye - سوق الحميدية
Suq al-Bazuriye (Spices Bazaar)
Suq al-Bazuriye (Spices Bazaar)
Suq al-Silah
Suq al-Silah
Suq al-Hayyetin
Suq al-Hayyetin
Dar al-Hadith
Dar al-Hadith
Madrasa Quilijiye
Madrasa Quilijiye
Unidentified souq
Unidentified souq
Damascus side street to Khan al-Ruzz 5392.jpg
Damascus side street to Khan al-Ruzz 5392.jpg
Damascus Tallow Minaret مأذنة الشحم 5393.jpg
Damascus Tallow Minaret مأذنة الشحم 5393.jpg
Suq Midhat Paşa
Suq Midhat Paşa