Definition of "khans" []

• Plural form of khan. (noun)

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• "In Syria these buildings are called khans; in the Hedjaz hosh, which, in the dialect of Egypt, means a court-yard."
• "They were called khans, from the Persian, and, in simplest form, were fenced enclosures, without house or shed, often without a gate or entrance."
• "On the great roads through barren or uninhabited parts, the need of shelter led, very early, to the erection of rude and simple buildings, of varying size, known as khans, which offered the wayfarer the protection of walls and a roof, and water, but little more."