# Char Chatta Bazaar

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{{Short description|Covered marketplace in Kabul, Afghanistan}}
thumb|right|alt=caption|''The Char-Chatta Bazaar of Kabul'' (1932) by A. Gh. Brechna
The '''Char Chatta Bazaar''' of Kabul was a covered marketplace in [Kabul](/source/Kabul), [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan), built in the 17th century by [Ali Mardan Khan](/source/Ali_Mardan_Khan), the [Mughal](/source/Mughal_Empire) governor of Kabul during the reign of [Shah Jahan](/source/Shah_Jahan).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecd4XqxRjtAC |title=Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan |last=Dalrymple |first=William |date=2013-02-04 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=9781408828434 |pages=207 |language=en}}</ref>  It was more than 200 metres long,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Issa |first1=Christina |last2=Kohistani |first2=Sardar M. |date=July 2007 |title=Kabul's Urban Identity: An Overview of the Socio-Political Aspects of Development  |url=http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/messages/downloadsexceeded.html |journal=ASIEN |volume=104 |pages=51–64}}</ref> and consisted of four arcades whose walls were covered with "stucco decoration studded with mirrors, and whitewashed with a special solution containing bits of mica to make them sparkle".<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-ROAAAAMAAJ |title=The Archaeology & Architecture of Afghanistan |last=Knobloch |first=Edgar |date=2002 |publisher=Tempus |isbn=9780752425191 |pages=161 |language=en}}</ref>

It was destroyed in 1842 by a British force led by [General George Pollock](/source/Sir_George_Pollock%2C_1st_Baronet).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecd4XqxRjtAC |title=Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan |last=Dalrymple |first=William |date=2013-02-04 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=9781408828434 |pages=457 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Bazaars
Category:History of Kabul
Category:Buildings and structures of the Mughal Empire
Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1842

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