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Hala Sultan Tekke

Larnaca · Cypro-Archaic; Medieval; Ottoman

Hala Sultan Tekke: a mosque in Larnaca. Protected by Order in Council in 1940. 4 dated records of work on it, 1991 to 2005, with sources.

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Larnaca District, about 34°55′ N, 33°38′ E

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Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 20 December 1939

    Proposed for declaration, No. 413, Second Schedule, Larnaca

    “The Hala Sultan Tekke.”

    Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2802 of 20 December 1939, No. 413, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Notice under section 6 (2) (proposed declaration), by the Director of Antiquities (made 20 December 1939), Second Schedule, Larnaca, pp. 725–727 Online

  2. 18 March 1940

    Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 104, Second Schedule, Larnaca item 11

    “The Hala Sultan Tekke.”

    Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2821 of 21 March 1940, No. 104, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Order in Council No. 1937 made under section 6 (1) (made 18 March 1940), Second Schedule, Larnaca item 11, pp. 238–240 Online

What was done when

7 records
  1. 1991

    Mosque; conservation works 1991.

    Repair and conservation

    Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1988», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 113 (1989), pp. 789-853, p. 789; Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1991», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 116 (1992), pp. 793-831, p. 831; Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2003 et 2004», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 128 (2004), pp. 1635-1708, p. 1649; Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2005», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 130 (2006), pp. 873-919 (trans. Sabine Fourrier), p. 916

  2. 1992

    Mosque restored or repaired in 1992.

    Repair and conservation

    Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1992», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 117 (1993), pp. 719-755, p. 755

  3. 2000

    Complex of mosque, mausoleum, minaret and living quarters built by Ottomans in 18th and early 19th centuries at burial site of Umm Haram; restoration began 2000, main mosque, mausoleum and minaret due

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “It was built in a series of stages by the Ottomans in the 18th and early 19th centuries at the burial site of Umm Haram”

    Christine Georghiades; Irina Christodoulou - Pipis, "Restoration of Apostolos Andreas Monastery and Hala Sultan Tekke", Cyprus Today vol. 40, no. 3-4 (September–December 2002), pp. 14–17, p. 16.

  4. 2005

    Complex of mosque, mausoleum, minaret and living quarters built in stages by the Ottomans in the 18th and early 19th centuries; restoration completed with structural strengthening after coastal enviro

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “The final phase of the work to restore the historic monument began in April 2005.”

    Anon., "Hala Sultan Tekke Restoration", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 3-4 (July–December 2005), p. 50.

  5. Undated

    Fragment of a Cypro-Archaic bronze censer found during restoration works on the Hala Sultan mosque.

    Repair and conservation

    Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1988», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 113 (1989), pp. 789-853, p. 789; Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1991», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 116 (1992), pp. 793-831, p. 831; Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2003 et 2004», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 128 (2004), pp. 1635-1708, p. 1649; Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2005», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 130 (2006), pp. 873-919 (trans. Sabine Fourrier), p. 916

  6. Undated

    Photographed as one of the Larnaca area monuments; no further detail given.

    Study

    As printed

    “The Tekke of Umm”

    Anon., "Some monuments of Larnaca area", Cyprus Today vol. 19, no. 3 (September–December 1981), pp. 12–13, p. 13.

  7. Undated

    Restoration completed with scientific and financial collaboration of UNOPS.

    Repair and conservation

    Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1988», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 113 (1989), pp. 789-853, p. 789; Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1991», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 116 (1992), pp. 793-831, p. 831; Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2003 et 2004», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 128 (2004), pp. 1635-1708, p. 1649; Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2005», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 130 (2006), pp. 873-919 (trans. Sabine Fourrier), p. 916

In the literature

7
  1. Undated

    Listed among places to see in Larnaca.

    As printed

    “The Tekke of Umm ul Haram (foster-mother of Moha mm ed the prophet)”

    Anon., "Cyprus tourism revitalized", Cyprus Today vol. 13, no. 5-6 (September–December 1975), pp. 37–41, p. 40.

  2. Undated

    Moslem place of worship near Larnaca Salt Lake; burial place of Umm Haram, who died 647 A.D.

    As printed

    “Hala Sultan Tekkg , a place of Moslem”

    Anon., "President Makarios Proposals to Amend the Cyprus Constitution", Cyprus Today vol. 1, no. 6 (November–December 1963), pp. 19–21, p. 21.

  3. Undated

    Mosque housing the tomb of Um Haram, near the salt lake; considered second most important Moslem shrine after Mecca.

    As printed

    “Her tomb is now in the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque, considered the second most important Moslem religious shrine after Mecca”

    Anon., "Larnaka: A Historical Survey", Cyprus Today vol. 47, no. 2 (April–June 2009), pp. 3–14, p. 7.

  4. Undated

    Mosque near which the Swedish mission at the Salt Lake of Larnaca worked.

    Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1988», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 113 (1989), pp. 789-853, p. 789; Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1991», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 116 (1992), pp. 793-831, p. 831; Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2003 et 2004», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 128 (2004), pp. 1635-1708, p. 1649; Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2005», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 130 (2006), pp. 873-919 (trans. Sabine Fourrier), p. 916

  5. Undated

    Named as one of the two most important tekkes, near the salt lake in Larnaka.

    As printed

    “Hala Sultan Tekke near the salt lake in Larnaka and the Mevlevi Tekke in Nicosia”

    Ahmet Djavit An, "Origins of the Turkish Cypriots", Cyprus Today vol. 46, no. 2 (April–June 2008), pp. 13–21, p. 17.

  6. Undated

    Named sanctuary beside the Salt Lake near Larnaca.

    As printed

    “the Salt Lake with the Hala Sultan Tekke”

    S. Patsalides, "In Search of the Unusual Tourist Treasures of Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 7, no. 2-3 (April–September 1969), pp. 12–17, p. 16.

1 more
  1. Undated

    Tomb of Umm Haram, a trilithon reminiscent of Stonehenge, at Larnaca; now an historical monument rather than a place of worship.

    As printed

    “An historical monument rather than a place of worship, the Umm Haram mosque is another witness to the island's bloodstained history.”

    Anon., "Tranquility in a War-torn Island", Cyprus Today vol. 15, no. 1-2 (January–April 1977), pp. 48–50, p. 50.

Pictures

31

In our archive · 30

Cyprus University of Technology1 photograph1989
  • UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Stelios Athrakiotis Photographer: «Επίσκεψη Σουηδών μαθητών στο τζαμί Hala Sultan στη Λάρνακα», 1989, via Europeana Online

Sources

  1. 1.Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, «Επισκέψιμα Αρχαία Μνημεία της Κύπρου» (Visitable Ancient Monuments of Cyprus), open dataset, first issued 8 February 2018, modified 16 January 2024, CC BY 4.0, row no. 23 Online
  2. 2.UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Stelios Athrakiotis Photographer: «Επίσκεψη Σουηδών μαθητών στο τζαμί Hala Sultan στη Λάρνακα», 1989, via Europeana Online
  3. 3.UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Stelios Athrakiotis Photographer: «Επίσκεψη Σουηδών μαθητών στο τζαμί Hala Sultan στη Λάρνακα», 1989, via Europeana Online
  4. 4.UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Stelios Athrakiotis Photographer: «Επίσκεψη Σουηδών μαθητών στο τζαμί Hala Sultan στη Λάρνακα», 1989, via Europeana Online
  5. 5.UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Stelios Athrakiotis Photographer: «Επίσκεψη Σουηδών μαθητών στο τζαμί Hala Sultan στη Λάρνακα», 1989, via Europeana Online
  6. 6.UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Stelios Athrakiotis Photographer: «Επίσκεψη Σουηδών μαθητών στο τζαμί Hala Sultan στη Λάρνακα», 1989, via Europeana Online
  7. 7.UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Stelios Athrakiotis Photographer: «Επίσκεψη Σουηδών μαθητών στο τζαμί Hala Sultan στη Λάρνακα», 1989, via Europeana Online
  8. 8.UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Stelios Athrakiotis Photographer: «Επίσκεψη Σουηδών μαθητών στο τζαμί Hala Sultan στη Λάρνακα», 1989, via Europeana Online
  9. 9.UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Stelios Athrakiotis Photographer: «Επίσκεψη Σουηδών μαθητών στο τζαμί Hala Sultan στη Λάρνακα», 1989, via Europeana Online
  10. 10.UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Stelios Athrakiotis Photographer: «Επίσκεψη Σουηδών μαθητών στο τζαμί Hala Sultan στη Λάρνακα», 1989, via Europeana Online
  11. 11.UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Stelios Athrakiotis Photographer: «Επίσκεψη Σουηδών μαθητών στο τζαμί Hala Sultan στη Λάρνακα», 1989, via Europeana Online
  12. 12.Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2802 of 20 December 1939, No. 413, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Notice under section 6 (2) (proposed declaration), by the Director of Antiquities (made 20 December 1939), Second Schedule, Larnaca, pp. 725–727 Online
  13. 13.Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2821 of 21 March 1940, No. 104, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Order in Council No. 1937 made under section 6 (1) (made 18 March 1940), Second Schedule, Larnaca item 11, pp. 238–240 Online
  14. 14.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: pht_00064, “Hala Sultan Tekke in Larnaca”, ca. 1958, ; pht_00068, “Hala Sultan Tekke in Larnaca”, ca. 1958, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/hala-sultan-tekke-in-larnaca-2/20860/; pht_00069, “Hala Sultan Tekke in Larnaca”, ca. 1958, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/hala-sultan-tekke-in-larnaca-2/20861/; and 31 more records Online
  15. 15.Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1988», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 113 (1989), pp. 789-853, p. 789
  16. 16.Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1991», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 116 (1992), pp. 793-831, p. 831
  17. 17.Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2003 et 2004», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 128 (2004), pp. 1635-1708, p. 1649
  18. 18.Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2005», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 130 (2006), pp. 873-919 (trans. Sabine Fourrier), p. 916
  19. 19.Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1992», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 117 (1993), pp. 719-755, p. 755
  20. 20.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 172, «[Brouillon "Enkomi - Résultats des fouilles : Enceinte-Ville dégâts par inondation"]», 1966, scan 3 of 4 Online
  21. 21.Anon., "President Makarios Proposals to Amend the Cyprus Constitution", Cyprus Today vol. 1, no. 6 (November–December 1963), pp. 19–21, p. 21.
  22. 22.S. Patsalides, "In Search of the Unusual Tourist Treasures of Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 7, no. 2-3 (April–September 1969), pp. 12–17, p. 16.
  23. 23.Anon., "Cyprus tourism revitalized", Cyprus Today vol. 13, no. 5-6 (September–December 1975), pp. 37–41, p. 40.
  24. 24.Anon., "Tranquility in a War-torn Island", Cyprus Today vol. 15, no. 1-2 (January–April 1977), pp. 48–50, p. 50.
  25. 25.Anon., "Some monuments of Larnaca area", Cyprus Today vol. 19, no. 3 (September–December 1981), pp. 12–13, p. 13.
  26. 26.Christine Georghiades; Irina Christodoulou - Pipis, "Restoration of Apostolos Andreas Monastery and Hala Sultan Tekke", Cyprus Today vol. 40, no. 3-4 (September–December 2002), pp. 14–17, p. 16.
  27. 27.Anon., "Hala Sultan Tekke Restoration", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 3-4 (July–December 2005), p. 50.
  28. 28.Ahmet Djavit An, "Origins of the Turkish Cypriots", Cyprus Today vol. 46, no. 2 (April–June 2008), pp. 13–21, p. 17.
  29. 29.Anon., "Larnaka: A Historical Survey", Cyprus Today vol. 47, no. 2 (April–June 2009), pp. 3–14, p. 7.

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