Kumarcılar Han, Ottoman caravanserai in North Nicosia, Cyprus

Kumarcılar Han is a two-storey Ottoman caravanserai on Asmaaltı Street in the Selimiye quarter of North Nicosia, built on a rectangular plan around an open courtyard. It originally had 56 rooms; 44 are in use today. The upper rooms, used by travellers, are barrel-vaulted, while the ground floor served as stables and storage. A pointed Gothic-style entrance arch, added under British colonial restoration, leads into the courtyard.

Construction began in the late 1600s, possibly using foundations from an earlier monastery that once stood on the site. During Ottoman times, merchants stopped here for lodging and to conduct business during their journeys across the island.

The han's name has been debated: a 2016 proposal to rename it "Hımarcılar Hanı" was rejected by archaeologist Tuncer Bağışkan, who found no such name in the şeriyye sicilleri. The oldest document, dated 31 March 1748, records it as "Han-ı Kumarî", where kumar meant semer, a pack saddle. Rupert Gunnis in 1936 called it the Khan of Itinerant Musicians.

The caravanserai sits on Asmaaltı Street in the old quarter and is open daily with cafes and workshops inside. Visitors can wander through the central courtyard, watch artisans at work, and take a break in a sheltered space away from the busy street.

The pointed Gothic-style entrance arch is not original Ottoman work: photographs show it was rebuilt in that style during British colonial restoration, replacing a proper Ottoman arch. Calls during the 2010s restoration to recreate the original Ottoman arch were not carried out, so the Gothic look remains.