Khan al-Ahmar
Khan al-Ahmar or Khan el-Ahmar, meaning "Red Caravanserai" in Arabic, can refer to
- Khan al-Ahmar (village), Palestinian village near the ancient Khan al-Ahmar inn
but can also refer to different sites in the Adummim, West Bank area:
- Good Samaritan Inn, archaeological site of ancient inn known in Arabic as Khan al-Hatruri, more seldom as Khan el-Ahmar
- Monastery of Euthymius, archaeological site of Byzantine monastery, later khan (caravanserai, inn) known in Arabic as Khan el-Ahmar
and may also refer to:
- Khan al-Ahmar, ruined khan at the entrance to Beit Shean/Beisan
- Khan al-Ahmar, ruined khan in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
See also
Other places with names translating to "Red Caravanserai":
- Kızılhan ("Red Caravanserai"), ruined khan near Beçin castle, from the time of the Menteshe beylik in Muğla province, Turkey
- Kızılhan, Pınarbaşı, township and neighbourhood, Pınarbaşı District, Kayseri Province, Turkey
- Kizil-Robát ("Red Ribat" or "Red Caravanserai"), Russified to Kizil-Arvát, the red fort or inn that gave its name to a town in Turkmenistan, recently renamed to Serdar
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