Morića han

Morića han is the only preserved Sarajevo caravanserai, located at Sarači 77, in the heart of Baščaršija. It was built in 1551 as a waqf (endowment) of Gazi Husrev-beg and could accommodate a caravan of 300 travelers and 70 horses. The ground floor was used for horses and goods, the upper floor for guest rooms and a large room for conversations over coffee, while the room of the han keeper (manager) was above the entrance itself.

It was named in the first half of the 19th century after its first tenants — Mustafa-aga Morić and his son Ibrahim-aga. The han burned down and was rebuilt several times, and in 1878 the People's Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed there as a protest against the Austro-Hungarian occupation. It was reconstructed in 1971–1974, and since 1998 it has again been owned by the Gazi Husrev-beg Vakuf. Today, cafés, a carpet shop, and a restaurant serving traditional Bosnian food operate on the ground floor, and the walls are inscribed with calligraphic verses by Omar Khayyam.