Spice Bazaar

There are several documents suggesting that the name of the bazaar was first "New Bazaar". Then it got its name "Egyptian Bazaar" ({{langx|tr|Mısır Çarşısı}}) because it was built with the revenues from the Ottoman eyalet of Egypt in 1660.John Freely: "[https://www.amazon.com/Companion-Guide-Istanbul-Guides/dp/1900639319 The Companion Guide to Istanbul]" (2000) The word mısır has a double meaning in Turkish: "Egypt" and "maize". This is why sometimes the name is wrongly translated as "Corn Bazaar". The bazaar was (and still is) the center for spice trade in Istanbul, but in recent years shops of other types are gradually replacing the sellers of spices.

The building itself is part of the külliye (complex) of the New Mosque. The revenues obtained from the rented shops inside the bazaar building were used for the upkeeping of the mosque.

The structure was designed by the court architect Koca Kasım Ağa, but the construction works began under the supervision of another court architect, Mustafa Ağa, in the last months of 1660; following Istanbul's Great Fire of 1660 that began on 24 July 1660 and, lasting for slightly more than two days (circa 49 hours, according to the chronicles of Abdi Pasha), destroyed many neighbourhoods in the city.{{cite journal|last=Baer |first= Marc David |title= The Great Fire of 1660 and the Islamization of Christian and Jewish Space in Istanbul |journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|volume=36 |number=2 |date=May 2004 |pages= 159–181|jstor = 3880030|doi = 10.1017/S002074380436201X|s2cid= 161640738 }}[http://www.ibb.gov.tr/sites/itfaiye/workarea/en-us/Pages/FiresInIstanbul.aspx Istanbul Fire Brigade: A chronological list of major fires in the history of Istanbul][https://web.archive.org/web/20130927070359/http://walkingistanbul.com/EserDetay.aspx?mk=67 Walkingistanbul.com: Fountain of Sultana Turhan Hatice] A major rebuilding and redevelopment effort started in the city following the fire, which included the resumption of the New Mosque's construction works in 1660 (halted between 1603 and 1660, the construction of the mosque was ultimately completed between 1660 and 1665) and the beginning of the Spice Bazaar's construction in the same year (all buildings in the New Mosque külliye, including the Spice Bazaar, were commissioned by Sultana Turhan Hatice, the Valide Sultan (Queen Mother) of Sultan Mehmed IV.)

Spice Bazaar has a total of 85 shops selling spices, Turkish delight and other sweets, jewellery, souvenirs, and dried fruits and nuts.

File:Istanbul Misir carsisi.JPG|Spice Bazaar building

File:20131204 Istanbul 237.jpg|Products of the Spice Bazaar

File:Basar especies.JPG|Products of the Spice Bazaar

File:Dried chillies in Spice Bazaar Istanbul.jpg|Dried chillies in the spice bazaar

File:Dried vegetables on Spice bazaar in Istanbul 03.jpg|Dried vegetables on Spice bazaar

File:DSC04670 Istanbul - Bazar egiziano - Spezie - Foto G. Dall'Orto 30-5-2006.jpg|The colourful Spice bazaar on Spice bazaar

File:20180114 SpiceBazaar 7435 (39434747884).jpg|Main street of the bazaar

File:Kruiden in Egyptische bazaar Eminönü Istanbul.JPG|Spices on sale

File:Istanbul spice bazaar 02.jpg|Dried fruits in the Spice Bazaar

File:Spice Market in Istanbul.JPG|Inside the Bazaar

File:Istanbul Basar Yeni Camii Nov 2018 h.jpg|Inside the Bazaar

File:Spice Bazaar in Istanbul.jpg|Entrance to the Bazaar

File:Night Spice market in Casablanca.JPG|Spice bazar in Casablanca, Morocco

• Bazaari
• List of streets, hans and gates in Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
• List of shopping malls in Istanbul
• Tabriz Bazaar, the largest covered bazaar in the world.

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| publisher = W. W. Norton & Company

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| isbn = 978-0-393-32014-5

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928094847/http://e-turkey.net/v/istanbul_misir_carsisi_egyptian_bazaar/ Egyptian Bazaar Photos with information]
• [http://fxcuisine.com/default.asp?Display=77 Buying Spices in Istanbul's Egyptian Bazaar - illustrated article in English]
• Points From Turkey, Istanbul - {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070505172938/http://www.pointsfromturkey.com/Egyptian_Spice_Bazaar.html Egyptian Spice Bazaar]}}

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