A caravan is a group of travellers, such as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together. Look up caravan and Caravan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The word caravan has a Persian root and in ancient times it was used for a group of people who were traveling by camel or horse on the silk road. The word is derived from Karwan: Kar means mission or pursuit and wan means those people and guardian. A caravanserai or karwansiray (also Persian), means a home or shelter for caravans. Caravans are often formed by militaries as well. A caravansara was a roadside inn where caravans could rest and recover from the day's journey. Some nomadic peoples known for caravan living include the Roma people, the Irish travellers, nomadic Kurds, the Bedouins, the Yeniche people, and the Quinqui. Persian (Local names: فارسی Fârsi or پارسی Pârsi)* is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan as well as by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... The Silk Road Silk Route redirects here. ... Inns are establishments where travellers can procure food, drink, and lodging. ... Languages Romani, languages of native region Religions Christianity, Islam Related ethnic groups South Asians (Desi) The Roma (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world. ... Irish Travellers (sometimes known as tinkers because they worked repairing tin ware) are a nomadic or itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... A Bedouin man on a hillside at Mount Sinai Bedouin, derived from the Arabic ( ), a generic name for a desert-dweller, is a term generally applied to Arab nomadic pastoralist groups, who are found throughout most of the desert belt extending from the Atlantic coast of the Sahara via the... The Yeniche, or Jenische, are the third-largest population of nomadic people (or Travelers) in Europe, living mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and parts of France. ... Quinqui is the language of a semi-nomadic group present mainly in the northern half of Spain known as quinquilleros (tinkers), although they prefer to be called mercheros. ...

See also

• Convoy
• Wagon train