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[[File:Dry fruits being sold at Khari Baoli market in Old Delhi.jpg|thumb|220px|Californian almonds being sold at Khari Baoli market in Old Delhi.]]

'''Khari Baoli''' is a street in [[Delhi]], [[India]] known for its [[Wholesale marketing|wholesale]] grocery and [[Asia]]'s largest wholesale spice market selling a variety of spices, nuts, herbs and food products like rice and tea.<ref>[http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/18211358/How-a-royal-flu-spawned-a-culi.html hHow a royal flu spawned a culinary gem] [[Mint (newspaper)]], 18 September 2009.</ref> Operating since the 17th century, the market is situated near the historic Delhi [[Red Fort]], on the Khari Baoli Road adjacent to [[Fatehpuri Masjid]] at the western end of the [[Chandni Chowk]], and over the years has remained a tourist attraction, especially those in the heritage circuit of Old Delhi.<ref>{{cite book |first=Holly |last=Hughes |title=Frommer's 500 Places for Food & Wine Lovers |publisher=Frommer's |isbn=978-0-470-28775-0 |page=11}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ee1HTcplZS0C&pg=PA102&dq=khari+baoli+delhi&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=khari%20baoli%20delhi&f=false Khari Baoli] ''Delhi: Lonely planet'', by Patrick Horton, Richard Plunkett, Hugh Finlay. [[Lonely Planet]], 2002. {{ISBN|1-86450-297-5}}. ''pp. 102''.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8139346.stm. Khari Baoli] [[BBC News]], 18 July 2009, Images 2-8."Asia's largest wholesale spice market"</ref>

==History==
[[File:Inscriptions from the 'Khari Baoli' step-well, Delhi.jpg|thumb|Inscriptions from the 'Khari Baoli' step-well]]
[[File:Shop selling tea leaves, at Khari Baoli, Old Delhi.jpg|thumb|220px|Shop selling tea leaves, at Khari Baoli.]]
[[File:Shop selling spices, at Khari Baoli, Old Delhi.jpg|thumb|220px|Shop selling spices, at Khari Baoli.]]
[[File:Carts parked on the Spice Market, Khari Baoli Road, Old Delhi.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Carts parked on the Spice Market, Khari Baoli Road.]]
Foundations of the Khari Baoli step-well were laid by Khwaja Abdullah Laazar Qureshi during the reign of Islam Shah (Salim Shah), the son of [[Sher Shah Suri]]. The work on this building was completed in the year 1551. Nothing remains of this baoli now, save copies of inscriptions that were preserved in works like Aasar Us Sanadeed (Sir Syed Ahmad Khan) and Miftah Al Tawarikh.<ref>Aasar Us Sanadeed, author- Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, published by Urdu Academy, Delhi</ref> <ref>Dilli Ke Aasar e Qadeema, compiled and translated by Janab Khaliq Anjum, published by Urdu Academy, Delhi. </ref>

Farsi text of the inscriptions ( see adjoining image):<ref> Hamarey Zamaney Ki Dilli, compiled and published by Dr. Mohammed Feroz Dehlavi, 2019 </ref>

1. Top inscription, which was situated close to the eleventh step of the well on the southern wall of the second floor -

بِسم الله الرحمن الرحیم در عهد زمان شاه سلطان السلاطین و المظفر
اسلام شاه بن شیر شاه سلطان خلد الله ملکه و سلطانه بنا کرده این چاه
بتوفیق الله و بروح رسول الله ملک عماد الملک عرف خواجه عبد الله
لاذر قریشی بدار الملک حضرت دهلی فی سنه اثنی و خمسین و تسعمأته

2. Bottom inscription, which was situated somewhere above the entrance -
بِسم الله الرحمن الرحیم و به یبقنی یا رب بعونت تمام شُد این باوری و
چاه در ماهِ رمضان سنه نهصد و پنجاه و هشت هجری بروح محمد
مصطفی رسول درگاه حضرة اله در زمان عادل اسلام شاه بن شیر شاه
بنا کرده کار گردِ دین از جمله بیشی خواجه عماد المُلک عرف لاذر قریشی
بنده کار گردِ باوری اُمید وار عنایت و برحمتک گردد با برسری بالیستک

The market came up around the [[Fatehpuri Masjid]], which was built in 1650 by Fatehpuri Begum, one of [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Shah Jahan]]'s wives. During Shah Jahan's reign it came to be known as Khari Baoli (from ''[[Baoli]]'', meaning [[step well]], and Khari or Khara, meaning salty) from a saline water stepwell used for animals and for bathing. It was constructed along with a [[fortified gateway]] on its western end popularly known as Lahori Gate, one of the 14 gates of the fortified city of Delhi or [[Shahjahanabad]], named so because a road through it led to the city of [[Lahore]], now in Pakistan. However, today there is no trace of either the well or the gateway here, which now lie buried under the main road of the market.<ref name=gad>[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=233865 Khari Baoli]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} by Danish Shafi. [[Indian Express]], 29 April 2007.</ref><ref>''Shahjahanabad, a city of Delhi, 1638-1857'', by Shama Mitra Chenoy. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1998. ''127''.</ref>

In 1936, Chowdhary Chhotu Ram, a minister in the [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] Government, issued a law canceling all debts of the villagers.<ref>Madhulika Shankar Singh. [http://www.dailypioneer.com/displayit1.asp?pathit=/index_archives/city/city.txt Not all about money: Aggarwals of Delhi]. [[Daily Pioneer]]. 5 October 2002.</ref> Thus numerous [[Agrawal]] traders lost their businesses and migrated to Delhi, settling in colonies like [[Kamla Nagar]], Shakti Nagar and Model Basti, and taking their trade to locations around the walled city of [[Old Delhi]], especially [[Chandni Chowk]], Khari Baoli, [[Dariba Kalan]], Nai Sarak, Naya Bazaar, [[Sadar Bazaar, Delhi|Sadar Bazaar]] and [[Chawri Bazaar]].

Here, many shops are still known by their serial numbers, e.g., "Chawal Wale 13" or "21 Number Ki Dookan," and are run by the ninth- or the tenth generation of the founders of these establishments dating to the 17th and 18th centuries.<ref name=hit>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080530204705/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/27/stories/2008052759110500.htm Double whammy for wholesalers] by Manisha Jha. ''[[The Hindu]]'', 27 May 2008.</ref> One such famous pickle shop which originally started in the 1860s is that of Harnarains, and currently operates under the name [https://www.harnarains.co Harnarains International]. They've been serving the nation for over a century and a half, and have landed on the tables of people like [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/255019/this-sharbat-cool.html|title=This sharbat is cool|date=2012-06-06|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>
[[File:Khari baoli,Delhi.jpg|thumb|Running since the 17th century, the Khari Baoli market is nestled near the historic area of old Delhi adjacent to the Fatehpuri Masjid.]]

==Overview==
"Gadodia Market", situated on the south side of Khari Baoli was built by wealthy merchants in 1920s has one of the numerous spice stores and is Asia's largest wholesale spice market.<ref name=gad/> Today, Khari Baoli is not only Asia's largest spice market but also an important and busy commercial district, as it caters to vast spice market of [[North India]], including states of Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and even as far as [[Madhya Pradesh]], making it perpetually crowded with traders, and shoppers looking for the cheapest deals and bargains, in the narrow margin{{clarify|date=May 2013}} spice, dry fruits and other perishable commodity markets.<ref name=hit/><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/delhi/Low-volumes-high-prices-/articleshow/4872118.cms Low volumes, high prices] TNN, [[The Times of India]], 9 August 2009.</ref>

The other end of the Khari Baoli market is on the GB Road (Red light district and wholesale market for engineering goods) and [[Sadar Bazaar, Delhi|Sadar Bazar]] (wholesale market for non-branded consumer goods).

There is a wholesale market for genuine herbs in Katara Tambaku where some importers and exporters do the wholesale business of herbs.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061118062313/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/06/13/stories/2005061300870200.htm Reviving the baolis of Delhi] ''[[The Hindu]]''
* [http://www.liveindia.com/delhi/Fatehpuri.html Khari Baoli in Fatehpuri]

{{Delhi}}
{{Neighborhoods of Delhi}}

[[Category:Streets in Delhi]]
[[Category:Retail markets in Delhi]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Delhi]]
[[Category:Wholesale markets in India]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Delhi]]

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