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The
Khan
Murjan
building
consists
of
two
floors.
The
first,
i.e.,
the
ground
floor,
contains
22
rooms,
and
the
second,
i.e.,
the
upper
floor,
contains
23
rooms.
The
doors
of
the
ground
floor
are
decorated
with
(muqarnas),
in
which
the
brick
projection
performs
its
optimal
aesthetic
function.
It
is
a
series
of
arched
niches
from
which
muqarnas
motifs
descend.
It
rests
on
brackets
and
friezes
that
gradually
emerge
from
the
wall
until
it
is
approximately
one
meter
away
from
it,
and
forms
a
decorated
band
more
than
two
meters
wide
and
surrounds
the
lobby
on
its
four
sides
at
a
height
of
four
meters.
This
type
of
building,
which
separates
the
two
floors,
is
considered
one
of
the
most
important
traces
of
the
Art
that
can
be
seen
in
the
construction
of
the
khan.
On
the
other
hand,
the
designer
of
this
hall
succeeded
in
lighting
it
with
sunlight,
by
using
the
vaulted
windows
in
a
beautiful
artistic
way.
The
viewer
can
see
parts
of
the
walls
of
the
khan
that
have
turned
black,
as
the
occupants
used
to
burn
a
fire
in
its
courtyard
for
the
purpose
of
heating
in
the
winter
season,
and
this
bad
use
affected
the
shape
of
the
building,
in
general,
as
well
as
its
impact
on
nature’s
ravages,
until
it
was
exposed
to
ruins.
Vandalism
and
damage,
which
prompted
the
General
Directorate
of
Antiquities
to
completely
restore
it,
and
made
it
a
museum
of
Islamic
arts,
and
called
it
(the
House
of
Arab
Antiquities),
so
the
khan
became
a
destination
for
tourists
and
visitors
for
several
decades,
but
the
high
level
of
groundwater
in
the
land
of
the
khan
and
its
surroundings,
This
led
to
water
flooding
this
land,
and
it
was
no
longer
fit
to
be
a
museum,
so
it
was
not
part
of
the
Department
of
Antiquities
to
move
its
exhibits,
and
to
carry
out
an
extensive
maintenance
process
for
it,
during
which
it
succeeded
in
cementing
its
floor
and
walls
with
cement
until
the
process
of
groundwater
seepage
into
the
ground
was
controlled.
Inside
it,
then
it
was
exploited
during
the
eighties
of
the
twentieth
century,
and
it
was
restored,
and
the
building
was
used
as
a
tourist
restaurant,
which
is
visited
by
tourists
and
people
in
general
to
spend
hours
in
this
authentic
Baghdadi
atmosphere.
The
Khan
is
considered
one
of
the
landmarks
of
the
heritage
city
of
Baghdad.
