charbagh garden
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A charbagh garden is a traditional Persian-style quadrilateral garden layout divided by walkways or water channels, symbolizing paradise and commonly used in Mughal architecture.
Aliases (2)
- Charbagh garden ×48
- Hayat Bakhsh Bagh ×1
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian garden type
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architectural landscape form → garden layout → |
| emphasizes |
controlled nature
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sensory experience of water and shade → |
| hasCulturalContext |
Islamic garden tradition
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Mughal architecture → Persian culture → |
| hasDesignFeature |
central intersection point
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division into four parts → orthogonal axes → raised walkways → symmetrical composition → walkways → water channels → |
| hasDesignPrinciple |
axial symmetry
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enclosure → geometric order → |
| hasEtymology |
Persian term "chahar bagh" meaning "four gardens" or "fourfold garden"
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| hasLayout |
quadrilateral plan
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| hasNotableExample |
Fin Garden in Kashan, Iran
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Humayun's Tomb garden in Delhi → Isfahan Chahar Bagh avenue gardens → Shalimar Bagh in Kashmir → Taj Mahal gardens in Agra → |
| hasOrigin |
Persia
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| hasSymbolism |
Quranic garden of paradise
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cosmic order → four rivers of paradise → representation of paradise → |
| influenced |
Mughal garden design in India
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Timurid garden design → later Indo-Islamic landscape architecture → |
| influencedBy |
Sasanian garden traditions
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earlier Persian garden design → |
| oftenAssociatedWith |
Islamic funerary architecture
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royal patronage → |
| typicallyIncludes |
central water feature
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flower beds → fountains → pavilions → platforms → pools → trees → |
| typicallyOriented |
cardinal directions
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| usedIn |
Islamic religious complexes
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Mughal palace complexes → Mughal tomb complexes → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Red Fort
("Hayat Bakhsh Bagh")
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Tomb of Akbar the Great → |
hasPart |
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Mehtab Bagh
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designedAs |
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Taj Mahal
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hasComponent |
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Humayun's Tomb
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surroundedBy |