The Char Chatta Bazaar of Kabul was a covered marketplace in

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, built in the 17th century by

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, the Mughal governor of Kabul during the reign of

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. It was more than 200 metres long, 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". It was destroyed in 1842 by a British force led by General George Pollock.

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