Talk:Khan al-Umdan

Requested move 30 September 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Moved to Khan al-Umdan (non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs (talk) 20:46, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Al-Umdan Caravansarai → Inn of the Pillars – WP:UE, WP:COMMONNAME. The sources referenced in the article call this "Inn of the Pillars", although my wider search indicates that "the" seems optional. "Caravansarai" is an alternative spelling of "caravanserai" – the article uses both – but my gsearch turns up nothing using this term beyond dictionary definitions and (rather oddly) stock photo listings. The word translates as "khan", but if we prefer the Arabic we should title the article Khan Al-Umdan and not mix languages. 85.238.91.38 (talk) 19:38, 30 September 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. BegbertBiggs (talk) 11:39, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not really seeing any particular English title being widespread, here are two tourist books that use Khan al-Umdan and give Inn of the Pillars in parentheses . As far as I can see, Khan al-Umdan is the widespread title in English sources  so support that move. "Khan al-Umdan" is also the original title of this article until it was moved in an undiscussed mass move of related pages completely against the common name in English sources. – Thjarkur (talk) 22:48, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Support Khan al-Umdan, which appears to be the commonest name. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:06, 16 October 2020 (UTC)