Muslim Bazaar (Bazar islâmico)

The bazaar is a real shopping centre where you can by all kinds of manufactured articles, especially home-made. The Islamic world displays high-quality handicrafts: carpets, metal artifacts, among others.


O bazar é um verdadeiro centro comercial onde se vende toda a espécie de artigos manufacturados, sobretudo a nível familiar. O mundo Islâmico apresenta artesanato de grande qualidade: tapetes, artigos metálicos e outros.

Frederick Goodall (1822-1904)-'bazaar in Cairo'-oil on canvas-1891 Private collection

Frederick Goodall (1822-1904)-'the grand bazaar'-oil on paper laid down on canvas-1859 Private collection

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903)-'Moorish bazaar'-watercolour-1873 Private collection

John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876)-'the bezestein bazaar of El Khan Khali. Cairo'

Charles Cattermole (1832-1900)-'scene in a Cairo bazaar'-watercolour-1856 London-Victoria and Albert Museum