Caravanserai in Güzel Hissar district in Aydin

Description

Featured in the 1836 collaborative work of Thomas Allom and Robert Walsh, this steel engraving depicts a bustling caravanserai courtyard in the historical Güzelhisar district of Aydın, a significant trade center in the Büyük Menderes basin. The composition presents a rich civic architectural texture with elegant wooden galleries and the silhouette of a mosque rising in the background, while showcasing the dynamic commercial and social life of the Ottoman era through caravans unloading goods, horses drinking water, and figures engaged in trade in the foreground.