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Bagh-e Babur (Dari: باغ بابر), also known as Gardens of Babur, is a historic site in Chelsatun, Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located in the Sher Darwaza hillside of District 5, southwest of Shahr-e Naw , or a short distance south of Kabul Zoo and north of Chihil Sutun . [ 1 ]
When Babur captured Kabul in 1504 from the Arguns he re-developed the site and used it as a guest house for special occasions, especially during the summer seasons. Since Babur had such a high rank, he would have been buried in a site that befitted him. The garden where it is believed Babur requested to be buried in is known as Bagh-e Babur.
In this case, the mausoleum and its garden may be identified with the Moti Bagh, mentioned in the 17th-century records of Francisco Pelsaert and Peter Mundy. [3] During the British colonial period, an English officer named Mr. Mackenzie utilized the mausoleum as his residence. He also destroyed the western wall of the nearby mosque, in order to ...
Babur had four children by Maham Begum, of whom only one survived infancy. This was his eldest son and heir, Humayun. Masuma Sultan Begum died during childbirth; the year of her death is disputed (either 1508 or 1519). Gulrukh bore Babur two sons, Kamran and Askari, and Dildar Begum was the mother of Babur's youngest son, Hindal. [71]
Ruqaiya died in 1626 in Agra, at the age of eighty-four. She was buried on the fifteenth level in the Gardens of Babur (Bagh-e-Babur) in Kabul, Afghanistan beside the grave of her father Hindal Mirza as per her wish. The Gardens of Babur is the final resting place of her grandfather, Emperor Babur, as well as that of her father, Hindal Mirza. [26]
Bagh-e Babur: Kabul: 2009 iv (cultural) The Gardens of Babur, located on the slopes above Kabul, are an early example of a Mughal garden. The gardens were constructed in the early 16th century under the first Mughal Emperor Babur, who is also buried here. After the decline of the Mughals, the gardens were decaying until the late 19th century.
Agra, from the Jahara Baug Water channels and pavilion of Aram Bagh. The Aram Bagh (also known as Ram Bagh) is the oldest Mughal Garden in India, originally built by Emperor Babur, the first Mughal Emperor, in 1526, [1] located about five kilometers northeast of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. Babur was temporarily buried there before being ...
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 ...