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Traditionally arranged neighbourhood, a mohallah, in the old city of Peshawar. It contains seven South Asian mansions built by the influential Sethi family in the late 19th century. The mansions were built in a style reminiscent of Central Asia with elaborate wooden carvings. Some of the houses are open for visitors.
Sethi Mohallah, sometimes called Sethian Mohallah and Kucha Sethian, is an old mohallah in the walled city of Peshawar, Pakistan. The neighbourhood contains seven surviving havelis (mansions) built by the Sethi family in a style reminiscent of Central Asia with elaborate wooden carvings. The houses were built over a period of one century, from c. 1800 – 1910.