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Masson, vol. II, pp. 263 – 9, provides a number of useful comments about seasonal price fluctuation, fruit markets and brokerage, and the location of key institutions of Kabul commerce such as the customs house, in addition to the chahar chatta, which is described quite favorably.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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'Awón appears frequently throughout the Old Testament, and in parallel with other words related to sin, such as chatta'th or sin, and pesha' or transgression.
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"beads, resplendent like gems;" the great hall was supported by golden pillars resting on lions and other animals, and the walls were ornamented with festoons of pearls and of flowers formed of jewels; in the centre was an ivory throne, with an emblem on one side of a golden sun, and on the other of the moon in silver, and above all glittered the imperial "chatta," the white canopy of dominion.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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See Burnes, vol. I, p. 145, for a notably less enthusiastic description of the chahar chatta than Masson's. back
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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The chahar chatta was an innovative architectural feat for the first half of the seventeenth century and its construction is ascribed to the patronage of the Mughal official Ali Mardan Khan.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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The chahar chatta formed the principal retail bazaar complex in Kabul before it being leveled by the colonial army sent in retribution of the Indus Army's annihilation.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Or as we say it in Marathi, chatta-matta literally polished off.
Sweets TheCooker 2009
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Or as we say it in Marathi, chatta-matta literally polished off.
Archive 2009-05-01 TheCooker 2009
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As my mother would say 'chatta-matta' everything was licked clean!
Kale & Beans in Tomato Gravy TheCooker 2007
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As my mother would say 'chatta-matta' everything was licked clean!
Archive 2007-04-01 TheCooker 2007
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