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Wikalat Bazara is an Ottoman caravanserai of the seventeenth century, first known as Wikalat al-Kikhya and used for the timber trade. In the late nineteenth…
Wikalat Bazara is an Ottoman caravanserai of the seventeenth century, first known as Wikalat al-Kikhya and used for the timber trade. In the late nineteenth century it was bought by Muhammad Bazara, a Hadrami merchant, who used it for soap from Nablus and coffee from Yemen. Rooms for storage and lodging rise on several floors around a large courtyard. It has been restored and is open to visitors. It stands on al-Tumbakshiyya Street in al-Gamaliya, near Bayt al-Suhaymi.