Below is the list of Seljuk kervansarays and hans in Turkey. Many kervansarays and hans were built during the Seljuk rule in Turkey. The list is in chronological order. (13th century) There was no clear distinction between the han (inns) the kervansarays . But usually the hans were in the cities and kervansarays were in the rural areas. Being far from the cities, kervansarays offered services like blacksmithing to caravans in addition to accommodation.
The name of the han or kervansaray is shown in the first column. In everyday speech sometimes the name of the han or kervansaray is merged with the suffix han (i.e. Boz → Bozhan). The people who commissioned the construction are shown in the second column. They were generally sultans (like Alaeddin Keykubad I), mothers of sultans (like Melike Mahperi), atabegs (like Ertokuş), governors (like Karasungur), but occasionally persons with no official status. The approximate date of construction is shown in the third column and the location of the han or kervansaray with reference to the end points of the road is shown in the last column. (Where applicable, the name of the location is also given.)[1]
| style=background:#FFFFAA; | Name | style=background:#FFFFAA; | Commissioned by | style=background:#FFFFAA; | App. construction date | style=background:#FFFFAA; | Location (between) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okla | Kılıç Arslan II | 1156-1192 | Aksaray-Konya | ||||
| Altun Apa | Altın Apa | 1201 | Beyşehir-Konya | ||||
| Argıt | Altın Apa | 1201 | Akşehir- Konya | ||||
| Kızılören | Emir Kutlu | 1206 | Beyşehir Konya | ||||
| Kuru Çeşme | Gıyasettin Keyhüsrev I (?) | 1207 | Beyşehir-Konya | ||||
| Dokuzun Derbent | Ebi Bekr | 1210 | Konya-Akşehir | ||||
| Edvir (Evdir) | 1210-1219 | Antalya-Isparta 36.9883°N 30.58°W | |||||
| Alay | 1219-1236 | Aksaray-Kayseri | |||||
| Eshabikeyf | Nuşrateddin Hasan | 1215-1234 | Besni-Kayseri | ||||
| Seyfettin Ferruh | Seyfettin Ferruh | 1215 | Konya-Seydişehir | ||||
| Taşhan | Kaykaus I | 1218 | Hekimhan-Malatya | ||||
| Hekim | El Hekim El Malati | 1219-1236 | Malatya-Sivas | ||||
| Pınarbaşı | Atabey Ertokuş | 1220 | Denizli-Eğirdir | ||||
| Ertokuş | Atabey Ertokuş | 1223 | Eğirdir-Konya (Gelendost) | ||||
| Kadın | Raziye | 1223 | Konya-Akşehir (Kadınhanı) | ||||
| Ebul Kasım Ahmet | Ebül Kasım | 1224 | Niksar | ||||
| Muhliseddin | Musliseddin | 1228 | Zile | ||||
| Sultan | Alaeddin Keykubad I | 1229 | Aksaray-Konya | ||||
| Çardak | Esedüddün Ayas | 1230 | Denizli-Eğridir (Çardak) | ||||
| Alara | Alaeddin Keykubad I | 1231-1232 | Alanya-Antalya 36.6923°N 31.7238°W | ||||
| Sultan | Alaeddin Keykubad I | 1232-1236 | Kayseri-Sivas | ||||
| Karasungur | Karasungur | 1235-1236 | Denizli | ||||
| Sadettin (Zazadin) | 1235-1236 | Aksaray-Konya | |||||
| Kırkgöz | Gıyasettin Keyhüsrev II | 1236-1246 | Antalya-Isparta | ||||
| Şarapsa | Gıyasettin Keyhüsrev II (?) | 1235-1245 | Konaklı 36.5883°N 31.8706°W | ||||
| Eğridir | Gıyasettin Keyhüsrev | 1237-1238 | Eğridir | ||||
| Ezine Pazar | Malike Mahperi | 1238-1246 | Amasya-Tokat | ||||
| İncir | Gıyasettin Keyhüsrev II | 1238-1239 | Antalya-Isparta | ||||
| Pazar | Melike MahPeri | 1238-1239 | Amasya-Tokat | ||||
| Çınçınlı Sultan | Melike Mahperi | 1239-1240 | Kırşehir-Zile | ||||
| Ağzıkara | Hace Mesut | 1231-1240 | Aksaray-Kayseri | ||||
| Karatay | Celalettin Karatay | 1240-1241 | Kayseri-Malatya | ||||
| Susuz | Sadık Ağa | 1244-1246 | Antalya-Isparta | ||||
| Ruz Apa | Camedar Ruzapa | 1246-1249 | Akşehir-Konya | ||||
| Yeni (Akhan) | Karasungur | 1249-1250 | Denizli | ||||
| İshaklı | 1249 | Afyon-Akşehir (Sultandağ) | |||||
| Karatay | Celalettin Karatay (?) | 1253 | Konya | ||||
| Boz | Karasungur | 1253-1254 | Denizli-Eğridir | ||||
| Durağan | 1266 | Boyabat-Vezirköprü | |||||
| Ilgın | Sahip Ata | 1267-1268 | Akşehir-Konya (Ilgın) | ||||
| Kesikköprü | Cacabey | 1268 | Aksaray-Kırşehir | ||||
| Çayhan | Ebül Mücahit Yusuf | 1278-1279 | Afyon-Akşehir (Çay) | ||||
| Dibli | 1292 | Divriği-Harput |