Bazaar

A bazaar is a permanently enclosed marketplace or street where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The term originates from the Persian word bāzār. The term bazaar is sometimes also used to refer to the 'network of merchants, bankers and craftsmen' who work in that area. Although the current meaning of the word is believed to have originated in Persia, its use has spread and now has been accepted into the vernacular in countries around the world. In Balinese, the word pasar means 'market.' The capital of Bali province, in Indonesia, is Denpasar, which means 'north market.' Souq is another word used in the Middle East for an open-air marketplace or commercial quarter.Marriage Procession in a Bazaar, unknown, 1645Silk Mercers' Bazaar, Cairo by David Roberts, Cairo, 1838Bazaar El Moo Ristan, by David Roberts, 1838Bazaar of the Coppersmiths by David Roberts, 1838The Bazaar, by Alexandre Defaux, 1856Dans le Souk aux Cuivres by Nicola Forcella, before 1868Bazaar by Vasily Vereshchagin, c. 1870Copper Market, Cairo by Edward Angelo Goodall, 1871A Market in Isphahan by Edwin Lord Weeks, 1887The Metalsmiths Shop, Edwin Lord Weeks, late 19th centuryMoroccan Market, Rabat, by Edwin Lord Weeks, 1880Cashmere Travellers in a Street of Delhi by Edwin Lord Weeks 1880Grain Market in Fez by Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck, undatedMoroccan Market Scene by Louis Comfort Tiffany, undatedA Bazaar, Oil painting, WellcomeVendors in the Covered Bazaar Istanbul by Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi,1851A Turkish Bazaar by Amadeo Preziosi, 1854The Spice Sellers by Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi, 19th centuryFigures in the Bazaar Constantinople, by Amedeo Preziosi, 19th centuryThe Silk Bazaar by Amedeo Preziosi, late 19th centuryBazaar by Otto Heyden, 1869Nizhny Novgorod, Lower Bazaar by Alexey Bogolyubov, 1878Souk at Konstantynopolu by Stanisław Chlebowski, 19th centuryInside the Souk, Cairo by Charles Wilda, 1892Bazaar in Samarkand, by Gigo Gabashvili, 1896Bazaar in Samarkand, illustration by Léon Benett for a Jules Verne novel, 1893The Barber at the Souk by Enrique Simonet, 1897The Tentmakers' Bazaar, Cairo, 1907Souk Silah, the Armourers' Bazaar, Cairo, from D.S. Margoliouth, Cairo, Jerusalem, & Damascus: three chief cities of the Egyptian Sultans, 1907People on the Street of a Bazaar at Midan El-Adaoui from D.S. Margoliouth, Cairo, Jerusalem, & Damascus: three chief cities of the Egyptian Sultans, 1907Bazaar at the Souk Hamareh, Damascus by from D.S. Margoliouth, Cairo, Jerusalem, & Damascus: three chief cities of the Egyptian Sultans, 1907Bazaar with Bagels by Ivan Koulikov, 1910The Silk Bazaar, Damascus – Australians buying goods, 1918Scenery at a North African Bazaar, by John Gleich, 20th centuryThe Bazaar at Constantinople, watercolour by J. F. Lewis, WellcomeThe Char-Chatta Bazaar of Kabul by A. Gh. Brechna, 1932Bazaar in the Old City, by Ludwig Blum, 1944City of Kandahar, its principal bazaar and citadel, taken from the Nakkara Khauna from Lieutenant James Rattray, AfghanistanAn Afghan elder sits outside his store at the Anaba bazaar in Panjshir, AfghanistanIn Faryab ProvinceKa Foroshi, the bird market in KabulBig Bazaar, Lankaran, AzerbaijanDhaka Town Chowk, 1904Basantapur Bazaar Chowk at Madhi, ChitwanTwo 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, 1836Arabic Window and Native Bazaar, CairoWomen purchasing copper utensils in a bazaar by Edwin Lord Weeks, late 19th centuryAlmora Bazaar, Uttarakhand, c1860Laad Bazaar near Charminar, Hyderabad, IndiaPaltan Bazaar, Assam, IndiaCheh Tuti Chowk or Six Tuti Chowk, Main Bazaar, PaharganjGateway to Hooseinabad Bazaar, Lucknow, c. 1863Bazaar along Kalbadevie Road, Bombay (now Mumbai), 1890Antiques and old posters at Chor Market in MumbaiMozaffarieh: An alley in Tabriz Bazaar devoted to carpet sellingBazaar in old Tehran, 1873Vakil Bazaar from Jane Dieulafoy, Perzië, Chaldea en Susiane, 1881Vakil BazaarBazar of Kashan by Pascal Coste, 1840Bazaar ofe Kashan, Kashan, IránCaravanserai of Sa'd al-SaltanehBazaar de Teherán, Teherán, IránThe BazaarBelgrade streetThe BazaarStreet stairsA streetA streetThe entrance to the BezistenThe BezistenThe Bazaar by nightAsan, Kathmandu (northeast view)Fikkal bazaar, a weekly haat in NepalSurunga bazaar, NepalQissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar, PakistanBazaar, Karachi, PakistanRawalpindi Bazaar, Rawalpindi, PunjabThe Fruit Bazaar, Damascus, painting by Margaret Thomas and reproduced in John E. Kelman, From Damascus to Palmyra, 1908The Silk Bazaar, Damascus – Australians buying goods, 1918Entrance to the Bazaar, GazaThe Bazaar of El Harish, 1881Altyn Asyr Bazaar, TurkmenistanKemeraltı (bazaar district), İzmir, TurkeyArasta Bazaar, IstanbulGrand Bazaar, IstanbulSpice Bazaar, Istanbul A bazaar is a permanently enclosed marketplace or street where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The term originates from the Persian word bāzār. The term bazaar is sometimes also used to refer to the 'network of merchants, bankers and craftsmen' who work in that area. Although the current meaning of the word is believed to have originated in Persia, its use has spread and now has been accepted into the vernacular in countries around the world. In Balinese, the word pasar means 'market.' The capital of Bali province, in Indonesia, is Denpasar, which means 'north market.' Souq is another word used in the Middle East for an open-air marketplace or commercial quarter. Evidence for the existence of bazaars dates to around 3,000 BCE. Although the lack of archaeological evidence has limited detailed studies of the evolution of bazaars, indications suggest that they initially developed outside city walls where they were often associated with servicing the needs of caravanserai. As towns and cities became more populous, these bazaars moved into the city center and developed in a linear pattern along streets stretching from one city gate to another gate on the opposite side of the city. Over time, these bazaars formed a network of trading centres which allowed for the exchange of produce and information. The rise of large bazaars and stock trading centres in the Muslim world allowed the creation of new capitals and eventually new empires. New and wealthy cities such as Isfahan, Golconda, Samarkand, Cairo, Baghdad and Timbuktu were founded along trade routes and bazaars. Street markets are the European and North American equivalents.