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The
history
of
the
construction
of
this
market
dates
back
to
the
era
of
the
Ottoman
Empire,
where
the
Ottoman
governor
Nazim
Pasha
paved
a
street
named
after
(Khalil
Pasha
Street)
after
Khalil
Pasha,
the
ruler
of
Baghdad
in
1910
AD.
And
it
is
older
than
the
Turkish
name
(Haraj
Market),
which
means
chaos
and
disorder.
The
well-known
singer
Umm
Kulthum
sang
in
it
in
1935
AD,
when
she
came
to
Baghdad,
and
the
market
contains
alleys
in
which
there
are
houses
for
western
printing
presses
and
houses
for
wood
in
the
Haidar
Khana
locality,
and
with
the
extension
of
the
Saray
market,
and
the
features
of
the
market
begin
from
the
Haidar
Khana
Mosque
in
Al-Rashid
Street
on
its
northern
side,
where
the
old
historical
Baghdadi
cafes
And
the
Saray
market
specializes
in
selling
books,
up
to
the
printing
presses
of
old
Iraqi
newspapers
and
newspapers,
such
as
Al-Ahrar,
Al-Bilad,
Habzbuz,
Al-Zaman,
and
others.
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