The historic monument is sometimes referred as Shah Abbas caravansary. The Bara Katra was the largest caravansary. Madian ( "Caravansary" or "Horse Pasture") is a community in Haidian District, northern Beijing. The three princes meet as agreed at a caravansary before returning to Bagdad. It was built as a caravansary to provide lodging for travellers. It was important because of the neighboring buildings like the bazaar and a caravansary. They were not welcomed by the government nor the people and settled in a caravansary. This site was probably a caravansary during medieval times. Between al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya and Sinjil is the Khan al-Lubban caravansary. The word is also rendered as "caravansary", "caravansaray", "caravanseray", "caravansara", and "caravansarai". The village is just north of the historic Khan al-Lubban caravansary.