The New Khān Market

This market was built around 1883 AD. There are twenty shops distributed equally on each side of the market. The current use of most of the shops is for selling textiles. This market had a wooden frame roof that was covered with bricks. This was replaced with an iron roof in the 1980s. In the summer of 1998, Nablus Municipality carried out a range of restoration work in the old city. It included repairs on this market using the original tiles where the broken ones were replaced with alternative stone slabs.

Historical Section
Building Attribution: The building attribution was confirmed by what was mentioned by the historian Al-Nimr.
History: Al-Nimr mentioned that the location of the inn was a garden of the partnership of the Al-Touqan and Al-Nimr families, and that the two parties agreed to build the inn equally in the year 1324 AH / 1906 AD.

Founder and builders: It is not known exactly who founded this inn, but as mentioned, it was the result of an agreement between the owners of the endowment, the Al-Touqan and Al-Nimr families.
Later History (Modern): The ground floor tiles were restored by the Nablus Municipality in 1987 AD.

Architectural Description
Architecturally, the khan consists of a ground corridor paved with traditional stones of various sizes, extending north-south, and is entered from the north side by low-height steps directly without a gate or entrance, while it is descended by stone steps at its southern end where a large entrance opening is made with a semi-circular stone arch, which serves as the southern entrance to the khan. Two opposite rows (east-west) of medium-sized, long and high commercial shops stand on both sides of the corridor, and there is a group of external western shops overlooking the door of the square. The market is open, but it seems, as the locals say, that it had a gabled roof made of wood and tiles.