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  2. Persian gardens - Wikipedia

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    This pattern was used to build many Persian gardens throughout the Indian subcontinent, such as the Shalimar Gardens of Lahore, the Shalimar Bagh and Nishat Bagh of Kashmir, and the Taj Mahal gardens. The Taj Mahal gardens embody the Persian concept of an ideal paradise garden, and were built with irrigation channels and canals from the Yamuna ...

  3. Islamic garden - Wikipedia

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    Persian gardens were traditionally enclosed by walls and the Persian word for an enclosed space is pairi-daeza, leading to the paradise garden. [2] Hellenistic influences are also apparent in their design, as seen in the use of straight lines in a few garden plans that are also blended with Sassanid ornamental plantations and fountains. [3]

  4. Bijan Mortazavi - Wikipedia

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    On November 25, 2009, Bijan received his Fellowship (PhD) from Southampton Solent University in Great Britain, in recognition of his work on the development of contemporary middle eastern music in an academic form in United Kingdom and other western countries. On November 16, 2010, his latest album (Music and I) was released.

  5. Charbagh - Wikipedia

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    The charbagh at the Tomb of Jahangir in Lahore, Pakistan. A charbagh or chaharbagh (Persian: چهارباغ, romanized: chahārbāgh, lit. 'four gardens'; Hindi: चारबाग़ chārbāgh, Urdu: چار باغ chār bāgh, Bengali: চারবাগ) is a Persian and Indo-Persian quadrilateral garden with a layout of four gardens traditionally separated by waterways, together ...

  6. Southampton Central Parks - Wikipedia

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    The Southampton Central Parks are a set of five parks, which collectively make a central public park, in the heart of the city of Southampton. Created between 1854 and 1866, they have gained Grade II* listed status, as well as being part of the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The parks are legally Common Land. [1]

  7. Parī - Wikipedia

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    Houris in paradise, riding camels. From a 15th-century Persian manuscript. Originally, the parīs have been considered a class of dēvatā and the term dīvānah refers to a person who lost reason because they fell in love, as the beloved steals the lover's reason. [9] In this regard, the parī features similar to the Arabic jinn. [10]

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    AOL Mail welcomes Verizon customers to our safe and delightful email experience!

  9. Gabriel Guevrekian - Wikipedia

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    George Dodds provides this reading of the Paradise garden; "Paradise garden are idealised and isolated enclaves in which a water element representing the four rivers of paradise divides the space into four equal precincts." (Dodds 2002 p. 192) Given the very limited space that Guevrekian had to work with and the need for people to be able to ...