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Fall Asleep in a Persian Caravanserai | Sleep Story
A quiet roadside inn in seventeenth-century Persia, where tired caravans rest beneath brick arches, clay lamps glow in the evening, and camels settle down after a long journey across the plain.
There's nowhere you need to travel tonight. If you fall asleep before the lamps go out, the evening has done its work.
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Tonight: We spend a few peaceful days at a Persian caravanserai around the year 1620, on the road between Kashan and Isfahan. We follow the gentle routines of a roadside inn, from the arrival of camel caravans and the cool water of an underground qanat to freshly baked village…
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