Rehabilitation Of Historical Qishila Of Koya City

History about koya :
koya city is one of ancient cities , it has many ancient and important places , and a beautiful history ,
when Islamic religion has spread koya was a city, after 12 H the ohamad army came to koya from
Goma span.. After the Chalderan War in 1514 AD ohamad n was devided between Ottoman empire
and Safueyan empire, koya became under control of Ottoman Empire.
THE QISHLAH FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL ASPECTS:
Koya Qishla or Koy Sanjak Castle, which means “Koya Police Station” or the
government administration center of Koya, which is a building located in the west of the city of Koya
called Koy Sanjak,
and the date of construction of the castle dates back to the reign of the Mamluk state in Baghdad
1162/1749 AD – 1246/1831 AD The sources said that its construction dates back to the second half
of the nineteenth century AD in the days of the Ottoman
governor Medhat Pasha in (1869-1872), which was then ruler of Baghdad during the era of the
Ottoman Empire.
and the word Qashla is a word taken from the Turkish language means the place where the soldiers
stay By winter, it also means the al mashta(يتشم(, which is the place that protects a person from the
fluctuations in the atmosphere.
Then he singled out St to set up soldiers in peacetime, which means what the military barracks or
camp, as it is called now, and the barracks inside the then embraced the soldiers, administrators and
those
responsible for them and their stores and warehouses, where the circle of
military civilian in the Ottoman Empire.
koya is one of the most ancient cities in the world, it dates back to 2500 BC years ago, and it’s a
place of one of the historical of the ancient world.
It has been neglected by the people and government for a long time and due to the political
situation of kurdistan , it has been used as a military which led to much damage to the buildings.
Rehabilitation of historical qishila of koya city project tends to protect the Qishila, add services and
add some activity to bring back tourists for people’s awareness about historical places and its
economic benefits.changing the function of Qishila to research center to using all of type people especially to
educational people.
The project starts with a rehabilitation of the buildings adding some part of main building to get
the more detailed .underground now and the museum gives the feeling of an underground and
basements. the museum has an opening from the roof for natural lighting and ventilation, the
museum starts with a few numbers
historical pieces and it gets denser the more you walk through the museum with a musical rhythm
,and showing the product of above of educational researchs .