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List of bazaars and souks

List of bazaars and souks

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This is a list of bazaars and souqs.

See also: bazaar

Bazaars

Albania and Kosovo

Main articles: List of bazaars in Albania and List of bazaars in Kosovo

In Albania and Kosovo, two distinct types of bazaar can be found; Bedesten (also known as bezistan, bezisten, bedesten) which refers to a covered bazaar and an open bazaar.

Albania
Kosovo

Afghanistan

  • City of Kandahar, its principal bazaar and citadel, taken from the Nakkara Khauna from Lieutenant James Rattray, Afghanistan
  • An Afghan elder sits outside his store at the Anaba bazaar in Panjshir, Afghanistan
  • In Faryab Province
  • Ka Foroshi, the bird market in Kabul

Australia

  • Ingleburn Bazaar (held annually during the Ingleburn Festival)

Azerbaijan

  • Big Bazaar, Lankaran, Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, a Haat bazaar (also known as hat or haat or hatt) refers to a regular produce market, typically held once or twice per week.[1]

  • Dhaka Town Chowk, 1904


Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

China

Egypt

  • Two Egyptian women shopping at a market next to the Al-Ghouri Complex in Cairo, Egypt.
  • Khan el khalili, Cairo (interior)
  • Khan al-khalili, bab al-qutn (gate)
  • Shop of a Turkish Merchant in Kha'n El-Khalee'lee, 1836
  • Arabic Window and Native Bazaar, Cairo

Hong Kong

  • Harbour City Bazaar
  • Petit Bazaar

India

Main article: List of bazaars in India

In India, and also Pakistan, a town or city's main market is known as a Saddar Bazaar.

Border bazaars

These are mutually agreed border bazaars and haats of India on borders of India with its neighbours.

Assam

Bangalore, Karnataka

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Delhi and NCR

In Delhi
In National Capital Region (NCR)

Hyderabad, Telangana

See also: Old City (Hyderabad, India) § Bazaars; List of bazaars in Hyderabad; Meena Bazaar; and In the Bazaars of Hyderabad

Indore

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Kerala, Keralam

Kolkata, West Bengal

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Munger, Bihar

Odisha

Punjab

Rajkot, Gujarat

Uttar Pradesh

  • Women purchasing copper utensils in a bazaar by Edwin Lord Weeks, late 19th century
  • Almora Bazaar, Uttarakhand, c1860
  • Laad Bazaar near Charminar, Hyderabad, India
  • Paltan Bazaar, Assam, India
  • Cheh Tuti Chowk or Six Tuti Chowk, Main Bazaar, Paharganj
  • Gateway to Hooseinabad Bazaar, Lucknow, c. 1863
  • Bazaar along Kalbadevie Road, Bombay (now Mumbai), 1890
  • Antiques and old posters at Chor Market in Mumbai

Indonesia

Iran

See also: List of tourist attractions in Tehran Province § List of Bazaars
  • Mozaffarieh: An alley in Tabriz Bazaar devoted to carpet selling
  • Bazaar in old Tehran, 1873
  • Vakil Bazaar from Jane Dieulafoy, Perzië, Chaldea en Susiane, 1881
  • Vakil Bazaar
  • Bazar of Kashan by Pascal Coste, 1840
  • Bazaar ofe Kashan, Kashan, Iran
  • Caravanserai of Sa'd al-Saltaneh
  • Grand Bazaar, Tehran, Iran

Iraq

A Qaysari Bazaar is a type of covered bazaar typical of Iraq.

Israel and Palestine

Kazakhstan

Kuwait

  • Souq Almubarikiyya * Souq Avenues

Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

After sustaining irreparable damage during the country's civil war, Beirut's ancient souks have been completely modernised and rebuilt while maintaining the original ancient Greek street grid, major landmarks and street names.

Malaysia

  • Bukit Beruang Bazaar, Malacca
  • Bazar Bukakbonet Gelang Patah, Johor Bahru

Nepal

  • Asan, Kathmandu (northeast view)
  • Fikkal bazaar, a weekly haat in Nepal
  • Surunga bazaar, Nepal

North Macedonia

In the Balkans, the term, 'Bedesten' is used to describe a covered market or bazaar.

  • The Bazaar
  • Belgrade street
  • The Bazaar
  • Street stairs
  • A street
  • A street
  • The entrance to the Bezisten
  • The Bezisten
  • The Bazaar by night

Norway

Pakistan

Main article: Bazaars in Karachi
See also: Haat bazaar

Hyderabad, Pakistan

Karachi

Kashmir

Lahore

Peshawar

Punjab, Pakistan

Rajdhani

Sargodha

  • Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Bazaar, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Rawalpindi Bazaar, Rawalpindi, Punjab

Serbia

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Syria

See also: Al-Madina Souq
  • Al-Buzuriyah Souq in Damascus
  • Al-Hamidiyah Souq in Damascus
  • Souq Atwail in Damascus
  • Souq Al Buzria in Damascus
  • Mathaf Al Sulimani in Damascus
  • Midhat Pasha Souq in Damascus
  • Souq Al-Attareen (Perfumers' Souq) in Aleppo
  • Souq Khan Al-Nahhaseen (Coopery Souq) in Aleppo
  • Souq Al-Haddadeen (Blacksmiths' Souq) in Aleppo
  • Suq Al-Saboun (Soap Souq) in Aleppo
  • Suq Al-Atiq (the Old Souq) in Aleppo
  • Al-Suweiqa (Suweiqa means "small souq" in Arabic) in Aleppo
  • Suq Al-Hokedun (Hokedun means "spiritual house" in Armenian) in Aleppo
  • The Fruit Bazaar, Damascus, painting by Margaret Thomas and reproduced in John E. Kelman, From Damascus to Palmyra, 1908
  • The Silk Bazaar, Damascus – Australians buying goods, 1918
  • Entrance to the Bazaar, Gaza
  • The Bazaar of El Harish, 1881

Tanzania

Tunisia

Turkey

In Turkey, the term 'bazaars' is used in the English sense, to refer to a covered market place. In Turkish the term for bazaar is "çarşı."

  • Kemeraltı (bazaar district), İzmir, Turkey
  • Arasta Bazaar, Istanbul
  • Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
  • Spice Bazaar, Istanbul

Turkmenistan

  • Altyn Asyr Bazaar, Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

List of souqs

References

  1. [1]
    Crow, B., Markets, Class and Social Change: Trading Networks and Poverty in Rural South Asia, Palgrave, 2001, [Glossary] p. xvii
  2. [2]
    Ahour, I., which dates to saljuqid era 11th century. its extension occurred in the safavid and kajar era. It is the largest roofed bazaar of the world. "The Qualities of Tabriz Historical Bazaar in Urban Planning and the Integration of its Potentials into Megamalls," Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 199–215, 2011, and for a contemporary account of the Bazaar see: Le Montagner, B., "Strolling through Iran's Tabriz Bazaar," The Guardian, 12 November 2014 Montagner, Boris Le (12 November 2014). "Strolling through Iran's Tabriz bazaar - in pictures". The Guardian.
  3. [3]
    Assari, A., Mahesh, T.M., Emtehani, M.E. and Assari, E., "Comparative Sustainability of Bazaar in Iranian Traditional Cities: Case Studies of Isfahan and Tabriz," International Journal on "Technical and Physical Problems of Engineering", Vol. 3, no. 9, 2011, pp 18–24; Iran Chamber of Commerce,"Iran: Iranian Architecture and Monuments: Bazaar of Isfahan". www.iranchamber.com.
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    Kashif Abbasi (14 January 2014). "Reacquainting with history: Narankari - a bazaar with a past, but no future | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune.
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    "Bazaars of Uzbekistan". Goldensteppes.com. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
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