Bohri Bazaar
Bohri Bazaar, also known as Bohra Bazaar, ( ur, ) is a bazaar located in Saddar Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest marketplace A marketplace or market place is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a '' souk'' (from the Arabic), ' ... of Karachi. Bohri Bazaar was once the most famous shopping place in Karachi. It has historical importance similar to the Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. History Bohri Bazaar was established in 1939 as a location for camps for British military personnel. The bazaar named after Bohra community of Karachi. The community has built a mosque called Tahiri Masjid at the centre of the bazaar. As of August 2022, the bazaar consists of at least 5,000 shops. Incidents Bohri Bazaar was damaged in a fire in 1958, and again in the 1987 Karachi car bombing. References Bazaars in Karachi 1939 ...
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Bazaar
A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, such as in the West, might also designate themselves as bazaars. The ones in the Middle East were traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets that had doors on each end and served as a city's central marketplace. Street markets are the European and North American equivalents. The term ''bazaar'' originates from Persian language, Persian, where it referred to a town's public market district. The term bazaar is sometimes also used to refer to the "network of merchants, bankers and Master craftsman, craftsmen" who work in that area. The term ''souk'' comes from Arabic and refers to marketplaces in the Middle East and North Africa. Evidence for the existence of bazaars or souks dates to around 3,000 Common Era, BCE. Although the lack of ...
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