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Khari Baoli is a street in DELHI, India known for its wholesale grocery and Asia's largest wholesale spice market selling all kinds of spices, nuts, herbs and food products like rice and tea.〔(hHow a royal flu spawned a culinary gem ) Mint (newspaper), Sep 18 2009.〕 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.〔(Khari Baoli ) ''Delhi: Lonely planet'', by Patrick Horton, Richard Plunkett, Hugh Finlay. Lonely Planet, 2002. ISBN 1-86450-297-5. ''pp. 102''.〕〔(Khari Baoli ) BBC News, 18 July 2009, Images 2-8."Asia's largest wholesale spice market"〕 ==History== 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.〔Aasar Us Sanadeed, author- Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, published by Urdu Academy, Delhi〕 〔Dilli Ke Aasar e Qadeema, compiled and translated by Janab Khaliq Anjum, published by Urdu Academy, Delhi. 〕 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.〔(Khari Baoli ) by Danish Shafi. Indian Express, April 29, 2007.〕〔''Shahjahanabad, a city of Delhi, 1638-1857'', by Shama Mitra Chenoy. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1998. ''127''.〕 In 1936, Chowdhary Chhotu Ram, a minister in the Punjab Government, issued a law cancelling all debts of the villagers.〔Madhulika Shankar Singh. (Not all about money: Aggarwals of Delhi ). Daily Pioneer. October 05, 2002.〕 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 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 tenth generation of the founders of these establishments dating to the 17th and 18th centuries.〔(Double whammy for wholesalers ) by Manisha Jha. The Hindu, May 27, 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khari Baoli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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