Study of the architectural structure and function of Karavansara,s Jokhah of Tabas

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10.22084/nb.2023.24897.2379

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The strategic conditions of the land of Iran, followed by the existence of economic-commercial opportunities, had led to the formation and organization of roads as a regular and integrated communication network in the past. The abundance of Robats and Karavanseras as intermediate buildings in the context of geography and historical process of the land of Iran, has shown this importance. The area of eastern Iran as a trade corridor in the Islamic period, contains many architectural works in the field of roads and middle buildings. According to the study and identification of archeology in Jokhah village, the center of Montazerieh district of Tabas city in 2016, Two Karavan buildings were studied in this article. In this research, comparative studies have been done to study the structure of architecture and the function of its two Karavan buildings. Accordingly, the questions that can be asked are: 1-What has been the history and modeling process of the architectural structure of Jokhah Karavanserais?2- How can the performance of these two buildings in relation to other rural elements be evaluated? The present study is based on the purpose of basic research and based on the nature and method of historical research. The required data collection has been done based on field studies and citing library sources and texts. The results of the studies show that, in terms of historiography, two medieval time periods can be considered for the old Rabat of Jokhah and the Qajar period for the new Karavansera of this village. Due to their architectural structure and use, as well as changes in the location of both buildings, Old Robat can be considered an out-of-town building and Jokhah Karavanserai can be introduced as an in-town building.The strategic conditions of the land of Iran, followed by the existence of economic-commercial opportunities, had led to the formation and organization of roads as a regular and integrated communication network in the past.

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