Kumarcilar Han

The Kumarcilar Han as of 2008.

Kumarcilar Han (Gambler's Inn) is a caravansarai located in North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. ^[1] It is unknown when exactly it was built, however it is thought to be built around the end of the 17th century, is much smaller and modest when compared with Büyük Han (Great Inn). Similar to all caravansarai, the entrance leads to an open air courtyard, which is surrounded by a two storey building, originally containing 56 rooms. Those on the upper story were used by the travelers, while those on the ground floor were used for their animals and belongings. Since then, the Kumarcilar Han has entered into a state of disrepair, is in danger of collapse. Efforts to restore the building have been hampered, due to lack of funds. ^[2]

According to Haşmet Muzaffer Gürkan, the door of the caravenserai "indubitably" used to belong to a Latin building. A hypothesis about its name states that it was originally called "Kumbaracılar Hanı", after a subdivision of the Ottoman army, "kumbaracılar". It was recorded with different names at different times, in 1881, it was called "Kuchuk Khan" ("Small Inn") in a map and Rupert Gunnis wrote in 1936 that it was called the "Khan of Itinerant Musicians".^[3]

References

↑ Dubin & Morris 2002, 98.
↑ "Kumarcilar Han (Gamblers' Inn) Nicosia, North Cyprus". northcyprus.com. Retrieved 7 January 2015. line feed character in |title= at position 31 (help)
↑ Gürkan, Haşmet Muzaffer. Dünkü ve Bugünkü Lefkoşa (in Turkish) (3rd ed.). Galeri Kültür. p. 161. ISBN 9963660037.

Bibliography

Darke, Diana (2009), North Cyprus, Bradt Travel Guides, ISBN 1-84162-244-3 .
Dubin, Marc; Morris, Damien (2002), Cyprus, Rough Guides, ISBN 1-85828-863-0 .

Landmarks in North Nicosia

Note: this includes landmarks in the North Nicosia metropolitan area

City walls	Kyrenia Gate

Museums	Dervish Pasha Mansion Lapidary Museum Lusignan House Mevlevi Tekke Museum Museum of Barbarism

Mosques and churches	Akkavuk Masjid Arab Ahmet Mosque Bedesten Church of Ayios Loukas Dükkanlar Önü Mosque Haydar Pasha Mosque İplik Pazarı Mosque Kanlı Masjid Laleli Mosque New Mosque Notre Dame de Tyre Sarayönü Mosque Selimiye Mosque Turunçlu Mosque

Buildings in the walled city	Büyük Han Büyük Hamam Evkaf Building Kadı Menteş Mansion Kumarcilar Han Law Courts Library of Mahmud II Post Office Eaved House Samanbahçe

Shopping and entertainment	Arasta Bandabulya Dereboyu

Parks, spaces and squares	Anıttepe Cumhuriyet Park Kumsal Park Sarayönü Square Yiğitler Bastion Park

Buildings outside the walled city	Assembly of the Republic Nicosia Atatürk Stadium Nicosia International Fair Türk Maarif Koleji

Coordinates: 35°10′38″N 33°21′46″E / 35.177094°N 33.362687°E / 35.177094; 33.362687

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