Ali Reza Khan Street, Old Kabul, Hafiz Amiri reports/کوچه علی رضا خان، کابل قدیم در گزارش حفیظ امیری

Hello dear viewers Viewers of Ariana Television network I hope you are doing well Welcome to this special report thank you so much for watching the previous report I read all your comments and appreciate you heartedly You wrote about the cold weather of the countries where you live the children and the adults, I ask you to leave the distress aside and laugh out loudly as nothing is worth getting depressed so, why shall we stay sad we are coming to old Kabul where I report regularly, from differe

nt parts of it it is very interesting and enjoyable to report from this location I had reports from Kharabat, Sang Tarashi, Shana Sazi, Formoliha, Qazi Faizullah Khan streets and different parts of Shahr Kohna And this time, I am coming to another old and famous street it is called Ali Reza Khan Street why do they call it Ali Reza Khan Street and will have other questions here, this street is Ali Reza Khan Street and the mosque, called Safid Sandoq Sazi let's see what is included in this report

before starting the report thanks for staying with us please share your opinions regarding the highlights of the program this is the Masjid Jami Safid it is one of the old mosques in Ali Reza Khan Street this man told me that he knew all about this location hello hello let's stand in sun and talk are you fine? thanks the weather is getting warmer nowadays No, it is getting colder I will be warm you are younger please have a full introduction My name is Enayatullah Ahmadi I am a resident of Kabul

city and born in Kabul and originally Kabuli My father was Hasan Ahmadi he was the representative of this street my grandfather was Khuda Dad the hat maker and we are from Shubazar and we have always lived here, and how old are you now? I am 54 and lived here all the time, during every situation and i am an eye witness of what happened on this city you are well fresh at this age, but I am getting old at 30 your heart is old, but my heart is young and I feel myself young and you claim it too yes

that is the view of the friends, but we have to keep ourselves fresh and healthy please me why do they call this street Ali Reza Khan Ali Reza was a great figure during Amir Habibullah Khan he had been living in this street and he was not like this before this area was given to the political figures including Ali Reza Khan and that is why they call this street Ali Reza Khan Street yes, this was the time when the capital was shifted from Kandahar to Kabul yes, during Temor Shah's Governance, an

d since that time, the area was named and these streets are the places, where Temor Shah has given to the political figures starting from Kharabat to Cinema Pamir and Chendawol this location was farmland and the king gave it to the people to turn it into a residential place as the presidential palace was in Bala Hesar and this place was close to it The Shahr Kohna has lots of stories to talk about because it is the source of Afghanistan's modernization it has a very old history and we can talk a

bout every part of it it is written, Safid Sandoq Sazi mosque what does it mean? this street is called Ali Reza Khan, In the past when there was no metal, people used wood to make boxes for maintaining their belongings, this type of wood was light in weight with more durability and they covered the box with leather, and no plastic was available at that time and used chains for locking it and put handles on both sides and the boxes have been made here, nowhere else There have been box making shop

s at the middle part of the street No metal smith existed at that time, only the carpenters exists who made boxes and they told me that this is an old mosque this mosque was built during the kingdom of Temor Shah part of it has been damaged during the civil wars it had another floor where the Mullah stood for saying the Azan there have been not many houses too it was covered with metal hello hello father of this man was serving as the mullah in this mosque His father said the Azan as much as I r

emember what was your father's name? Abdul Hadi how about yours? Abdul Ahad you might have experienced the best enjoyments of Ali Reza Khan street yes Ustad has also experienced it He has performed Naat at Moy Mubarak what memories do you have from Ali Reza street? it is my resident place what shall I tell you tell me a unforgettable memory the mosque has never been empty Charities were held when a Paw of meat was at 3 AFN yes, the bread was at 3 Qeran how about now? how much does a bag of flour

cost now you have lived here at a young age too yes, it was king Zahir time, and I was living with his father and grandfather thanks, and I don't want to take your time thanks many charities were held at this mosque in the past there is a shrine next to the mosque, called Moy Mubarak hair of the prophet and his four friends exists there the Alams are also there, they have been shown to the people during the Muharram days, Ustad Jafar was the famous Naat Singer of that time Ghulam Nabi and Ghula

m Sakhi too they lived before Haji Fakhrudin and the original residents of Kabul lived here, thank you so much it was nice to meet you thank you Hello Hello Hafiz welcome to our street thanks, are you fine/ thank you hello Hafiz, how are you? fine, thanks It is nice to meet you thanks I offer you and the whole team of TV my greetings, and I offer my greetings to all those who are watching us now your name, please? Mohammad Haron Mohammadi, known as Baba Haroon Shurbazar Baba Haroon Shurbazar tha

nks I wish you good luck and success my name is Abdul Basir a resident of Masjid Safid how long have you been living here? 50 years and got old here there was a man called Niko the head cooker yes, he was working here, right here was his shop he had a room upstairs and people went there to serve food Niko, the Head cooker yes, His brother was a head cleaner and he cooked it here Niko cooked it while his brother cleaned it people come to Niko from every part of Kabul he cooked so a nice head, and

I have never tasted such a head again how he cooked it so tasty his hand was tasty, some said he is not observing cleanliness, but that was not true they told me that people came here with bowls to take head meat yes, we broke the bread into pieces put it in the bowl, and took it to Niko he was a poor lover too he gave the people food with as much money as they owned and cooked only sheep head without any fake or cheat yes And you talked about the bakery too yes, it was owned by the Shia Brothe

rs, called Haji Karbalayi he baked very nice bread A famous Pakawra cooker was also there yes, his name was Kaka Akbar, he was a Pakawra cooker he sold a pakawra at one Qeran or one Afghani he divided one watermelon into more than 200 pieces and sold each piece at one and we were children and purchased them and ate hello hello Wakil Nayim yes, please The representative of Guzar Ali Reza Khan Have you live here in the past? yes what was your father's name? Mohammad Alam my grandfather was Mohamad

Nabi, the carpenter and my great-grandfather was Mohammad Hasan Please tell me if the old time friendship what you have experienced, is still practiced here the problem is that the people who lived here in the past, don't live here now some are tenants and some are leasing houses and the residents are mixed now although still, the Kabuli people are friendly with each other and they are friendly with other etnical groups too but others can't understand that the area was the center of knowledge i

n the past this is the largest problem yes, they have to understand that Kabul was the center of knowledge for all the people of Afghanistan has any relatives of Niko still lives here no, none of his family members are left he has a wife, two daughters and two sons they are living in Germany now and Nik Mohammad was the most famous head cooker in Kabul he shifted his business three times there was a bazaar called Bazar Shahi the Shurbazar is the place of crowded first, he shifted to the narrow a

lley then came closer to this place and he finally came here and rented this shop Is he now alive? no, passed away I offer my greetings to his family who are living in Germany they have been good people, thus people remember them yet yes sure he was a head cooker but his sons were engineers and the whole family was higher educated thanks he was so a nice guy, only meeting him was enjoyable you might have eaten too much yes, I was a taxi driver I worked as a taxi driver for 40 years I am getting

old here, he knows he had a mechanic shop at Takhta Pol and you might have used Wolga car yes, I have the photos yet Are you still keeping them? no when we were young, cars called Maskiwish and Lada was there Wolga and Papira and the name of Volga was later given they were nice cars Papira cars were imported by the Mili bus company and we used them as taxi you have enjoyed well it was nice to meet you thanks I will cook turnip with potato for you I love the turnip with Shola I will cook it for y

ou are you fine? yes do you love me yes do you go to school yes I also love you who has a gift for us among you, raise your hand I will sing Tarana [Poem] thanks for the Tarana and please wave to the camera and watch yourself on TV hello hello I get cold the workers don't get cold am I not worker you are you will be warm too I was warm, but when the sun disappeared, my hand got cold that is all God's decision, the sun, the rain others tie their waist you are tying your head we have to tie both t

o work I am sure many scrap metals exist in Sahr Kohna yes, I have always had this job, and the families know me here and I have regular customers too yes, they know me I won't go elsewhere, I will get lost elsewhere so you have purchased old items too much as they all know you yes what did you purchase today? Chari, the dry bread and so on Chari, Cage and others I buy everything to make money for food I come out to work every day do you have anything in the shop? yes, the beverage and others, a

re you fine? yes, thanks the children disturb you too much but still, you laugh and play with them I love them, no matter if they step on my head too I love the behavior when you help the poor, always share your food with them when God gives us one piece of bread, others will have half of it thanks what do you want to drink, energy drink or others, what is there wood seller is it yours yes he is a pigeon seller too I love your reports and never miss them I also respect you what shall I give you,

tea or cold drink thanks there are such shops a lot in Shahr Kohna rather than supermarkets this is the old fashion shop the shop is old but you are young I am 38, not too young you look 22 when you are 33 I have to be older how much is this? five Afghani we reached the end of the Ali Reza Khan street everything is created here, store, chimney, water containers teapots and snow sweeping spades but here is something I will talk about here is the home of a famous singer, whose songs are still lis

tened Ustad Sarban's home is here, He had too many composers and songs are you fine and healthy? yes, thank you but changes have happened here hello, Hafiz hello hello, brother how are you? are you fine? thanks please introduce yourself my name is Mohammad Husain they say, ask the old stories from the old people I am born here 62 years ago our family have lived here for more than 200 years I think Ustad Sarban's home was here, yes, but it was sold and they shifted to macroryan Shir Agha Sarban w

as a very historical man what memories to you have from him once we were sitting in Haji Latif's guest room when Sarban with Saber was singing he was singing while tearing down and I never forget this memory and you were his friend yes he was close friend of me why do you call him Shiragha we call him by that name, and his real name is Abdul Rahim his father was a rice seller is it that true he found some health problems yes, he didn't contact others much my grandfather had a carpenter shop and

he came there and sat and spoke with nobody only called me and told me to sit with him hello hello I will speak in Pashto Yar Mohammad a resident of Musahi district what do you do here? I am taking a patient to the doctor I appreciate you and Ariana TV May your patient get well soon? thanks it was nice to meet you thanks there are too many stories to talk about yes we can't end them did you listen to his songs live or records i loved his voice I went to his home and ate together may his soul re

st in peace thank you so much thanks have a nice time,