Charbagh

A charbagh or chaharbagh (Persian: چهارباغ, romanized: chahārbāgh, lit. 'four gardens'; Hindi: चारबाग़ chārbāgh, Urdu: چار باغ chār bāgh) is a Persian and Indo-Persian quadrilateral garden with a layout comprising four gardens traditionally separated by waterways, together representing the four gardens and four rivers of Paradise mentioned in the Quran. The chaharbagh may also be divided by walkways instead of flowing water. Such gardens are found in countries throughout West Asia (which includes Iran), South Asia (which includes Pakistan and India), North Africa and the former al-Andalus. A famous example of charbagh is the charbagh of the Taj Mahal in India.

For other uses, see Chahar Bagh.
See also: Persian Gardens, Bagh (garden), and Paradise garden
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