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Koumerjilar Khan

Nicosia · In the area occupied by Turkey since 1974

Koumerjilar Khan: a khan in Nicosia, in the area occupied by Turkey since 1974. Protected by Order in Council in 1937. 2 dated records of work on it, 1954 to 1956, with sources.

Nicosia District, about 35°10′ N, 33°21′ E

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Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 31 December 1936

    Proposed for declaration, No. 1193

    “Koumerjilar Khan”

    The Cyprus Gazette No. 1193 of 31 December 1936 (Notice No. 1193), p. 239, PDF p. 739 Online

  2. 19 May 1937

    Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 104, Second Schedule, Nicosia item 13

    “Koumarjilar Khan”

    Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2587 of 21 May 1937, No. 104, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Order in Council No. 1744 made under section 6 (1) (made 19 May 1937), Second Schedule, Nicosia item 13, p. 140 Online

What was done when

2 records
  1. 1954

    The khan, a monument in Government charge, was repaired.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “included the Koumarjilar Khan and the Famagusta Gate in Nicosia”

    Colonial Office, Colonial Reports: Cyprus 1954 (London: HMSO, 1955), p. 126

  2. 1956

    The east range of the khan was reconditioned.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “the east range of the Koumarjilar Khan was recon ditioned”

    Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1956 (London: HMSO, 1957), p. 89

In the literature

1
  1. Undated

    Built later in the same vicinity as the Great Inn.

    As printed

    “Later the Gamblers’ Inn in the same vicinity was built.”

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

Pictures

1
Costas and Rita Severis Foundation1 painting1968
  • Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00124, “Old Inn Turkish quarter of Nicosia”, 1968--11--18, ; PNT-00725, “Kumarcilar Khan”, 1987, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/kumarcilar-khan/13376/; PNT-00863, “Kumarcilar Khan (Inn of the Gamblers) Nicosia”, 1985-1988, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/kumarcilar-khan-inn-of-the-gamblers-nicosia/8406/ Online

Sources

  1. 1.The Cyprus Gazette No. 1193 of 31 December 1936 (Notice No. 1193), p. 239, PDF p. 739 Online
  2. 2.Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2587 of 21 May 1937, No. 104, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Order in Council No. 1744 made under section 6 (1) (made 19 May 1937), Second Schedule, Nicosia item 13, p. 140 Online
  3. 3.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00124, “Old Inn Turkish quarter of Nicosia”, 1968--11--18, ; PNT-00725, “Kumarcilar Khan”, 1987, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/kumarcilar-khan/13376/; PNT-00863, “Kumarcilar Khan (Inn of the Gamblers) Nicosia”, 1985-1988, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/kumarcilar-khan-inn-of-the-gamblers-nicosia/8406/ Online
  4. 4.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 168-4, «[Lettre de Forrer à Schaeffer à propos de son arrivée en Chypre]», 2 February 1950, scan 1 of 2 Online
  5. 5.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 169, «[Correspondance entre Schaeffer et Karageorghis à propos du déménagement des objets qui se trouvaient dans un bâtiment annexe du Musée de Chypre]», 29 September 1963, scan 1 of 6 Online
  6. 6.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 169, «[Lettre de Karageorghis à Schaeffer à propos de la situation politique à Chypre et des déménagements des collections du musée]», 2 February 1964, scan 2 of 2 Online
  7. 7.Ludwig Salvator, Archduke of Austria, Levkosia, die Hauptstadt von Cypern (1873), p. 65 (scan 103)
  8. 8.Ludwig Salvator, Archduke of Austria, Levkosia, the Capital of Cyprus (1881), p. 51 (scan 92)
  9. 9.Colonial Office, Colonial Reports: Cyprus 1954 (London: HMSO, 1955), p. 126
  10. 10.Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1956 (London: HMSO, 1957), p. 89
  11. 11.Ahmet Djavit An, "Origins of the Turkish Cypriots", Cyprus Today vol. 46, no. 2 (April–June 2008), pp. 13–21, p. 17.

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