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sellers but eventually more precious goods were stored here. As this type of building was more secure and could be locked at night, it became the place where the most important goods (e.g. gold and jewellery) were stored, protected, regulated, and sold. Besides the trading of jewellery and textiles,
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Kreiser, Klaus: „Bedesten-Bauten im
Osmanischen Reich. Ein vorläufiger Überblick auf Grund der Schriftquellen.“, in: Istanbuler Mitteilungen (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Istanbul) 2, pp.367-400 (Tübingen 1979), reprint in Istanbul und das Osmanische Reich. Derwischwesen,
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1100:. Bosna i Hertegovina - Commission to Preserve National Monuments. Archived from
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Strolling Through Istanbul: The Classic Guide to the City
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during his reign between 1389 and 1402. The bedesten of
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The Mahmut Paşa Bedesten in Ankara today, housing the
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842:Early Ottoman Art: The Legacy of the Emirates
169:was built in the late 14th century by Sultan
923:. Oxford University Press. pp. 97–114.
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855:Sumner-Boyd, Hilary; Freely, John (2010).
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919:. In Gharipour, Mohammad (ed.).
915:Köprülü Bağbancı, Özlem (2012).
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844:. Museum With No Frontiers.
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1277:Bedestan Website (Turkish)
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1195:(in Turkish). Yeni Düzen
953:Duranti, Andrea (2012).
354:Bedesten of Thessaloniki
266:Mahmut Paşa Bedesten in
46:between 1413 and 1421 CE
1161:Vasilis Kostovasilis.
1034:Norris, H. T. (1993).
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112:History and function
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1163:"Μπεζεστένι Σερρών"
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614:Bedesten of Larissa
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334:Bedesten of Larissa
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688:Brusa Bezistan of
596:Bedesten of Serres
578:Bedesten of Serres
479:Kırkkaşık Bedesten
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362:Bezistan, Belgrade
320:Bedesten of Serres
171:Yildirim Bayezid I
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80:in other (usually
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1286:Categories
1253:"Bedesten"
1177:2011-11-05
1133:2011-11-05
1108:2011-11-05
1080:2020-07-27
1055:3 November
1036:"Glossary"
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812:3 November
789:2019-09-21
760:3 November
724:References
297:Old Bazaar
279:Baščaršija
77:qaysariyya
426:Mehmed II
315:Macedonia
305:Macedonia
130:Mehmed II
100:بزازستان
92:Etymology
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690:Sarajevo
671:Sarajevo
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442:Tekirdağ
422:Istanbul
356:, Greece
340:Bedesten
336:, Greece
283:Sarajevo
244:Istanbul
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179:Mehmed I
126:Istanbul
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60:bezisten
56:bezistan
52:bedesten
44:Mehmed I
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344:Nicosia
220:mosques
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600:Greece
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564:Greece
487:Turkey
465:Turkey
446:Turkey
402:Edirne
348:Cyprus
324:Greece
311:Bitola
301:Skopje
268:Ankara
261:Edirne
175:Edirne
147:slaves
86:bazaar
82:Arabic
40:Turkey
36:Edirne
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