A discourse on the Persian Chahar-Bagh as an Islamic garden
The ancient garden plan, the Chahār-Bāgh, was originally put onto ground for the purpose of organizing garden in an arid landscape of Persia besides a symbol of political territory. This quadripartite plan of garden was found as early as 600 BC during Achaemenid era. Therefore, claims made in va...
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Malaysian Institute of Planners
2017
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| Summary: | The ancient garden plan, the Chahār-Bāgh, was originally put onto ground
for the purpose of organizing garden in an arid landscape of Persia besides
a symbol of political territory. This quadripartite plan of garden was found
as early as 600 BC during Achaemenid era. Therefore, claims made in
various scholarships that referred Chahār-Bāgh as an Islamic garden basic
pattern is apparently deceiving the true meaning of Islam, which came into
the world in seventh century. The method of content analysis and library
search that emphasized on the theories and principles of Persian garden
have been adopted in this study. To conclude, Chahār-Bāgh pattern
preceded Islam therefore, assigning it as the basic pattern of Islamic garden
planning and design is irrelevant. |
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