Type: Monument - Building
Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District: Peshawar
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1799-1849 CE
Description: Peshawar is a city of historic romance and its two thousand years story is full of old traditions and tales that are told and retold in the Kahve-Khana of the famous Qissa Khwani Bazaar, translated as Story-tellers Bazaar. This is the Piccadilly of Central Asia and the fame of the Qissa Khani or Story-Tellers Bazaar, known throughout the length of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Afghanistan and far even beyond. According to Gopal Das, this open Bazaar was originally built by Avitabile. It is mentioned neither by Elphinstone nor by Mohan Lal, who have described the other bazaars.
Latitude: 34.007700000
Longitude: 71.570400000
Ownership: Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Peshawar: Historic City of the Frontier
Published In: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore
Year of Publication: 1995
Bibliography/Reference: Dani, Ahmed Hassan
