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| alternate_names= The Merchant's Caravansary<br />
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| caption = Khan al-Tujjar, downtown Nablus, 2011<br />
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| architectural_style= [[Mamluk architecture|Mamluk]], [[Ottoman Architecture|Ottoman]]<br />
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| location = [[Nablus]], [[Palestine]]<br />
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'''Khan al-Tujjar''' ({{langx|ar|خان التجار||Merchant's Caravanserai}}) is a 15th century [[caravanserai]] in the [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] city of [[Nablus]]. Situated in the [[Nablus#Old City|Old City]], it has been noted as the finest [[khan (inn)|khan]]{{dubious|It is NOT a khan (inn), it's a market/bazaar. Or did it start as a confined khan/caravanserai? This must be clarified from the start.|date=August 2022}} in the region.<ref>Dumper and Abu-Lughod, 2007, p.267.</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
During the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] period in [[History of Palestine#Ottoman period|Palestine]], from the 16th to 19th centuries, it was the most prestigious and expensive strip of commercial real estate in Nablus,<ref name=Doumani>Doumani, 1995, p. 27.</ref> and along with Khan al-Wikala, constituted the key commercial center of the city.<ref name=Doumani/> The shops of Khan al-Tujjar carried a variety of cloth from throughout the [[Islamic world]] and merchants from [[India]], [[Baghdad]], [[Mosul]], and [[Aleppo]] paid regular visits to the marketplace.<ref>Doumani, 1995, p. 68.</ref><br />
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In his memoirs, [[Muhammad Izzat Darwazah]] recalled that "In Nablus, shops were confined, or mostly confined, to a caravansary called Khan al-Tujjar, in the middle of Nablus." In the 1850s, Reverend John Mills wrote of Khan al-Tujjar saying, "The principal bazaar is arched, and is very large and fine for Nablus. It is the finest, by far, in Palestine, and equals any, as far I observed, in the largest towns of the Turkish Empire."<ref>Doumani, 1995, p. 59.</ref><br />
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The significance of the khan was also attributed to its central location in the city, dividing it in half physically, but also psychologically between "easterners" and "westerners"—labels still used today. During the [[Nabi Musa]] festival, Arab youth would descend upon Khan al-Tujjar shouting slogans praising their part of the city. In the middle of the khan they would play a game in which they would face off and make forays into the other side, with the aim capturing more "prisoners". Khan al-Tujjar was a place for celebrating holidays and festivals. During [[Mawlid]], merchants would decorate the floor of the khan with carpets and the walls with textiles, including silk. Flowers and sweets were put on tables brought from their homes on the occasion.<ref>Doumani, 1995, p. 60.</ref><br />
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Khan al-Tujjar was recently restored,<ref>[http://www.shahincomputer.com/nablus/nablus/history.htm History of Nablus] About Nablus.</ref> and its shops attract visitors from throughout the [[West Bank]]. The Yasmeen Hotel is adjacent to Khan al-Tujjar.<ref>[http://www.hotel-contacts.com/25389/al-yasmeen.html Al-Yasmeen Hotel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626052057/http://www.hotel-contacts.com/25389/al-yasmeen.html |date=2009-06-26 }} at Hotel Contacts.</ref>{{dubious|Unless closely related, it is private advertisement and must be removed.|date=August 2022}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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*{{Citation|title=Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia|first1=Janet L.|last1=Abu-Lughod|first2=Michael|last2=Dumper|year=2007|publisher=ABC-CLIO}}<br />
*{{Citation|title=Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900|url=http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft896nb5pc;query=;brand=ucpress|first1=Beshara|last1=Doumani|year=1995|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-20370-4}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*Khan al-Tujjar (Nablus) [https://www.archnet.org/sites/4317?media_content_id=35420], archnet.org<br />
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