:Char Chatta Bazaar

{{Short description|Covered marketplace in Kabul, Afghanistan}}

File:The Char-Chatta Bazaar of Kabul.jpg

The Char Chatta Bazaar of Kabul was a covered marketplace in Kabul, Afghanistan, built in the 17th century by Ali Mardan Khan, the Mughal governor of Kabul during the reign of Shah Jahan.{{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}} It was more than 200 metres long,{{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}} 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".{{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}}

It was destroyed in 1842 by a British force led by General George Pollock.{{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}}