Bohra bazaar of Hyderabad

Bohra bazaar of Hyderabad

by KAUSAR ALI,

Bohra Bazaar is one the oldest bazaar of Pakistan. The word Bohra came from the Bohra Community that is known for peace loving and trading around the world. The Bohra bazaar emerged from Soldier Bazaar that is now known as Doctors Lines, area recognized for clinic and laboratories.

First the Bohra community built few shops, then they constructed mosque for their community named as Mohammadi Masjid in 1824. It was constructed by Mamoo Jee family and re-established in 1904 by the Bundook Wala family.

Siraj Ali Mulla is the oldest shop of tools in Bohra Bazaar since 1853. Bohras came here from India, Thatta, Mirpurkhas and Basra (Iraq) and started their business. As Bohras are here since 1850 this bazaar now belongs to Bohra community.

There are all kinds of shop in Bohra Bazaar now. The first bakery of Hyderabad – Zain Bakery was established in 1981 and now it is developed into super store. The 1st weapons shop was Adamjee Valli Jee & Sons set up in 1902 which got first license for selling arms and ammunition in Hyderabad, but now they sell power tools and hardware materials as well as they are general order suppliers.

The first power tool shop was established in 1952 by S.G Abbas &s Co and the oldest printing press is Mansoor Printing Press established in 1948 and now is known as Mufaddal Printing Press. Here you can find any thing that you desire to buy such as paints, hardware, tools, power tools, weapons, aluminums, interior designers, garments, crockery, tiles, ceramics, accessories, machinery, generators, mobiles phones, perfumes, home appliances, electric and gas appliances, furniture, chip boards, wood, glass and many more.

In Bohra Bazaar there are 528 registered shops. Clean and wide roads and are in this Bazaar, which is located in cantonment area. The area is fully secured through CCTV cameras while Cantonment police station is also located over there.

People from interior Sindh, as well as Lahore, Karachi and foreign countries like China, Turkey, Italy, South Korea and Germany visit this market and invest in Bohra bazaar.
The British Government used allow Bohras to establish bazaar in their cantonment areas and provided them facilities according to their business needs, deals, truthfulness and peace.
The Bohra Bazaar also attracts investors and businessmen towards Pakistan.

Batch MC-2K12
Practical work at Mass Comm Department, Sindh University, carried under supervision of Sir Sohail Sangi. Later it was published in thesindhtimes.com