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Fountainry and running water was a key feature of Mughal garden design. Water-lifting devices like geared Persian wheels (saqiya) were used for irrigation and to feed the water-courses at Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, Akbar's Gardens in Sikandra and Fatehpur Sikhri, the Lotus Garden of Babur at Dholpur and the Shalimar Bagh in Srinagar. Royal canals ...
The Shalimar Gardens in Lahore are among the most famous Mughal gardens. Mughal gardens are gardens built by the Mughals in the Islamic style. This style was influenced by Persian gardens. They are built in the char bagh structure, which is a quadrilateral garden layout based on the four gardens of Paradise mentioned in the Qur'an. This style ...
Charbagh at Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, India. Several of the first Mughal charbagh gardens of monumental scale belonged to imperial mausoleums, such as the Bagh-e Babur at Babur's Tomb, in Kabul, Afghanistan (honoring the first Mughal emperor, Babur); [5] the charbagh at Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, India (honoring Humayun, son of Babur); and the charbagh at the Tomb of Jahangir (honoring the fourth ...
Shalimar Bagh (Urdu pronunciation: [ʃɑːliːmɑːɾ bɑːɣ] ; Kashmiri pronunciation: [ʃaːlɨməːr baːɣ]) is a Mughal garden in Srinagar of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, located at the northeast of Dal Lake. It is also known as Shalimar Garden, Farah Baksh, and Faiz Baksh.
The garden is surrounded by a large wall, with kiosks at its four corners. The entrance is through the middle of the northern wall. In the middle of the western wall is a mosque. Baradaris are situated in the middle of the eastern and southern walls. [1] The garden is divided into four plots by means of water channels, along which are paths.
The Shalimar Garden's contain the most waterworks of any Mughal Garden. [2] It contains 410 fountains, which discharge into wide marble pools, each known as a haūz . The enclosed garden is rendered cooler than surrounding areas by the garden's dense foliage, and water features [ 14 ] - a relief during Lahore's blistering summers, with ...
Decorated arch of the Tomb of Nithar Nithar's tomb interior. The four sandstone mausoleums within this walled garden, present an exquisite example of Mughal architecture.The design of its main entrance, the surrounding gardens, and the three-tier tomb of Shah Begum, who died in 1604, has been attributed to Aqa Reza, Jahangir’s principal court artist.
Each of the four square is further divided into 8 smaller gardens with pathways, creating 32 miniature gardens in all (with the mausoleum in the centre), a design typical of later Mughal gardens. The central water channels appear to be disappearing beneath the tomb structure and reappearing on the other side in a straight line, suggesting a ...