Ahmad Shah Abdali also built a caravanserai at Mecca for Pashtun pilgrims. It was known as "Rabat i Suleimani". Rabat (رباط) means caravanserai in Arabic. Pashtuns were (are?) known as Suliemanis among Arabs (because of the Sulieman mountains range) so their caravanserai in Mecca was named Rabat al-Sulaimani. It was demolished by Saudis in 20th century.
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| Ahmad Shah Abdali |
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| Kaaba, Mecca, 1930 |
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