A discourse on the Persian Chahar-Bagh as an Islamic garden

The ancient garden plan, the Chahar-Bagh, 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 variou...

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Main Authors: Abdul Latiff, Zainab, Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid, Mohd Yaman, Maheran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Institute of Planners 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60647/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60647/1/A%20discourse%20on%20the%20Persian%20Chahar-Bagh%20as%20an%20Islamic%20garden.pdf
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author Abdul Latiff, Zainab
Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid
Mohd Yaman, Maheran
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Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid
Mohd Yaman, Maheran
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description The ancient garden plan, the Chahar-Bagh, 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 Chahar-Bagh 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, Chahar-Bagh pattern preceded Islam therefore, assigning it as the basic pattern of Islamic garden planning and design is irrelevant.
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spelling upm-606472019-04-03T06:11:25Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60647/ A discourse on the Persian Chahar-Bagh as an Islamic garden Abdul Latiff, Zainab Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid Mohd Yaman, Maheran The ancient garden plan, the Chahar-Bagh, 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 Chahar-Bagh 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, Chahar-Bagh pattern preceded Islam therefore, assigning it as the basic pattern of Islamic garden planning and design is irrelevant. Malaysian Institute of Planners 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60647/1/A%20discourse%20on%20the%20Persian%20Chahar-Bagh%20as%20an%20Islamic%20garden.pdf Abdul Latiff, Zainab and Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid and Mohd Yaman, Maheran (2017) A discourse on the Persian Chahar-Bagh as an Islamic garden. Planning Malaysia, 15 (3). 123 - 134. ISSN 1675-6215; ESSN: 0128-0945 10.21837/pmjournal.v15.i3.303
spellingShingle Abdul Latiff, Zainab
Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid
Mohd Yaman, Maheran
A discourse on the Persian Chahar-Bagh as an Islamic garden
title A discourse on the Persian Chahar-Bagh as an Islamic garden
title_full A discourse on the Persian Chahar-Bagh as an Islamic garden
title_fullStr A discourse on the Persian Chahar-Bagh as an Islamic garden
title_full_unstemmed A discourse on the Persian Chahar-Bagh as an Islamic garden
title_short A discourse on the Persian Chahar-Bagh as an Islamic garden
title_sort discourse on the persian chahar-bagh as an islamic garden
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