Khan Al Umdan

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Khan al-Umdan (Arabic: ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿: "Caravanserai of the Pillars" or "Inn of the Columns", also known as Khán-i-'Avámid) is the largest and best preserved khan in Israel. Located in the Old City of Acre, it is one of the prominent projects constructed during the rule of Ahmed Jezzar Pasha in Ottoman era Palestine.Being one of four Khans in Acre, Khan al-Umdan was in 1784 built on the place of the Royal Customs house of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Due to its plethora of columns the khan was named Khan al-Umdan which means "Inn of the Columns" or "Caravanserai of Pillars". It incorporates forty columns made of granite that were taken from Caesarea, Atlit and the ruins of Crusader monuments in Acre itself.