The Siti Khadijah Market ( ms, Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah) is a market in
Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu, colloquially referred to as KB, is a town in Malaysia that serves as the state capital and royal seat of Kelantan. It is situated in the northeastern part of Peninsular Malaysia and lies near the mouth of the Kelantan River.
The t ...
,
Kelantan
Kelantan (; Jawi: ; Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' (Jawi: ; "The Blissful Abode").
Kelantan is located in the ...
,
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
.
Name
The name is derived from
Khadija bint Khuwaylid
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ( ar, خَدِيجَة بِنْت خُوَيْلِد, Khadīja bint Khuwaylid, 555 – November 619 CE) was the first wife and is considered to be the first follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Khadija was the da ...
, the wife of Prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
who was a businesswoman on that time. Thus, this market also is dominated by women sellers.
History
The market was originally established as Buluh Kubu Market ( ms, Pasar Besar Buluh Kubu) in 1985 and opened to the public by Sultan
Ismail Petra. The foundation stone of the building was laid by
Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh bin Tengku Mohd Hamzah ( Jawi: تڠکو غزالي بن تڠکو محمد حمزة; born 13 April 1937) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gua Musang from August 1986 to November ...
. The market was then renamed by Kelantan
Menteri Besar
In Malaysia, the Menteri Besar ( Jawi:منتري بسر; literally ''First Minister''), colloquially referred to as MB, is the head of government of each of nine states in Malaysia with hereditary rulers. For four states without a monarch, the t ...
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat ( Jawi: ; 10 January 1931 – 12 February 2015) was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013 and the ''Mursyidul Am'' or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysian I ...
in 1997.
Architecture
The market is housed in a four-story building and features an octagonal shape.
Commodities
Fresh goodies, ready-to-eat foods, local snacks and drinks can be found sold in the market.
The bottom floor is dedicated to wet items such as fish, vegetables, chicken and so on. Level 1 is allocated to dry food items such as
serundeng
Serundeng refers to a side dish or condiment to accompany rice in Indonesian and Malay languages. Serundeng may taste sweet, or hot and spicy according to recipe variants.
Its best known variant is an Indonesian preparation of sautéed grated ...
. They additionally sell traditional Kelantan cakes, chicken, spiked fish, rice noodles, glazed rice,
nasi dagang
''Nasi dagang'' ( Jawi: ناسي داڬڠ, lit. 'trader's rice') is a Malaysian dish consisting of rice steamed in coconut milk, fish curry and extra ingredients such as pickled cucumber and carrots.
It is a well-known breakfast food in the s ...
, laksam and
somtam. The second and third floors are for non-food items.
See also
*
List of tourist attractions in Malaysia
Popular tourist attractions in Malaysia include the following:
Attractions
Beaches
* Batu Ferringhi
* Port Dickson
Historical structures and buildings
* A Famosa
* Christ Church Malacca
* Church of the Immaculate Conception
* Stadthuys
...
References
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1985 establishments in Malaysia
Buildings and structures in Kelantan
Kota Bharu
Retail markets in Malaysia