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	\| name = Aram Bagh~~(Ram~~ Bagh), ~~Agra~~		\| name = Aram Bagh, Agra
			\| image = Chhatri at Arambagh 2.jpg
			\| image_caption = A [[chhatri]] at Aram Bagh, in 2024
	\| type = [[Botanical garden]]		\| type = [[Botanical garden]]
	\| location = [[~~India~~]]		\| location = [[Agra]], India
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			\| established = {{Start date and age\|1526\|df=yes}}
			\| founder = [[Babur]]
			\| status = Open all year
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	[[File:The Indian empire- history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land (14769184302).jpg\|thumb\|Agra, from the Jahara Baug]]		[[File:The Indian empire- history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land (14769184302).jpg\|thumb\|Agra, from the Jahara Baug]]
	The '''Aram Bagh''' is the oldest [[Mughal ~~Gardens\|Mughal Garden~~]] in India, originally built by ~~the~~ [[~~Mughal Empire~~\|~~Mughal~~]] [[~~Babur~~\|~~Emperor Babur~~]] in ~~1528~~, located about five kilometers northeast of the [[Taj Mahal]] in [[Agra]], [[India]]. Babur was temporarily buried there before being interred in [[Kabul]].		[[File:Pavilions of Aram Bagh 1.jpg\|thumb\|Water channels and pavilion of Aram Bagh]]
			The '''Aram Bagh''' is the oldest [[Mughal garden]] in India, originally built by [[Babur\|Emperor Babur]], the [[List of emperors of the Mughal Empire\|first Mughal emperor]], in 1526,<ref name="Rangan">{{cite news \|last1=Datta \|first1=Rangan \|title=Agra beyond the Taj: Exploring tombs and gardens on the left bank of Yamuna \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/places/agra-beyond-the-taj-exploring-tombs-and-gardens-on-the-left-bank-of-yamuna/cid/2031729 \|access-date=18 July 2024 \|agency=My Kolkata \|publisher=The Telegraph \|date=5 July 2024}}</ref> located about five kilometers northeast of the [[Taj Mahal]] in [[Agra]], [[India]]. Babur was temporarily buried there before being interred in [[Kabul]].{{Cn\|date=July 2024}}

			==Etymology==
			The name ''Aaram Bagh'' translates to 'Garden of Rest'.{{sfn\|Nath\|1982\|p=91}}

			When Emperor Babur laid out this garden, he named it 'Bāgh-i-Gul Afshān' ({{Literal translation\|The Flower-Scatterer Garden}}). It was later renamed as Aram Bagh or the 'Garden of Rest'.{{sfn\|Nath\|1982\|p=91}} When the Marathas came to power in Agra between 1774 and 1803, they changed the name from 'Aram Bagh' to 'Ram Bagh', and the name has remained ever since.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Chaturvedi \|first=Hemendra \|date=21 January 2024 \|title=Today’s Ram Bagh was once ‘Aram Bagh’ of Mughal emperor Babur \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/todays-ram-bagh-was-once-aram-bagh-of-mughal-emperor-babur-101705846511516-amp.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910074121/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/todays-ram-bagh-was-once-aram-bagh-of-mughal-emperor-babur-101705846511516-amp.html \|archive-date=10 September 2024 \|access-date=10 September 2024 \|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

			It is also variously known as '<nowiki/>''Bagh-i Nur Afshan''' which translates to 'Light-Scattering Garden', ''Aalsi Bagh'' or 'Lazy Garden': according to legend, Emperor [[Akbar]] proposed to his third wife, who was a gardener there, by lying idle for six days until she agreed to marry him.<ref name="K"/>

			== History ==
			The garden is a [[Persian garden]], where pathways and canals divide the garden to represent the Islamic ideal of paradise, an abundant garden through which rivers flow. The Aram Bagh provides an example of a variant of the charbagh in which water cascades down three terraces in a sequence of cascades. Two viewing pavilions face the [[Yamuna River\|Jumna]] river and incorporates a subterranean 'tahkhana' which was used during the hot summers to provide relief for visitors. The garden has numerous water courses and fountains.<ref name="K">Koch, p.37-41</ref>

	~~The garden is a~~ [[~~Persian garden~~]]~~, where pathways and canals divide~~ the garden to ~~represent~~ the ~~Islamic ideal~~ of ~~paradise, an abundant garden through which rivers flow~~. ~~The Aram Bagh provides an example of a variant of~~ the ~~charbagh in~~ which ~~water cascades down three terraces in~~ a ~~sequence~~ of ~~cascades~~. ~~Two viewing pavilions face~~ the [[~~Jumna~~]] ~~river and incorporates~~ a ~~subterranean 'tahkhana' which was used during the hot summers to provide relief for visitors. The~~ garden ~~has numerous water courses and fountains~~.<ref name="K">~~Koch, p.37-41~~</~~ref~~>		[[Jahangir]] waited in the garden in early March 1621 for the most astrologically auspicious hour for him to enter Agra after he took the [[Fort of Kangra]]. Jahangir made several additions in the garden, which includes two marble pavilions and a number of ''chhatris''. The preserved, surviving architecture dates to his reign and demonstrates the skill of his wife [[Nur Jahan]] as a garden designer.<ref name="K"/><ref name="Rangan"/>

	~~The name is a corruption~~ of ~~the~~ [[~~Persian language\|Persian~~]] ''~~Aaram Bagh~~'' ~~meaning~~ '~~Garden of Rest~~'.<ref>~~[http~~://~~www.ncl~~.ac.uk/~~unescolandscapes~~/~~files/KAUSARSajjad~~.~~pdf Meaning of Mughal Landscape]{{dead link~~\|~~date~~=~~July 2017~~ \|~~bot~~=~~InternetArchiveBot~~ \|~~fix-attempted~~=~~yes~~ }}</ref> It is also variously known as ''Bagh-i Nur Afshan'' 'Light-Scattering Garden', ''Aalsi Bagh'' or 'Lazy Garden': according to legend, Emperor Akbar proposed to his third wife, who was a gardener there, by lying idle for 6 days until she agreed to marry him.<ref name="K"/>		==In art and literature==
			An engraving of [[Thomas Shotter Boys]]' painting is in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835, together with a poetical illustration (''The history of Shah Dara's flight and death'') by [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]] entitled {{ws\|[[s:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835/Jahara Baug, Agra\|Jahara Baug, Agra]]}}<ref>{{cite book\|last =Landon\|first=Letitia Elizabeth\|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835\|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=Bzk_AAAAYAAJ&pg=GBS.PA24\|section=poetical illustration and picture\|pages=24-25\|year=1834\|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.}}</ref>

	[[~~Jahangir]] waited in the garden~~ in early March 1621 for the most astrologically auspicious hour for him to enter Agra after he took the [[Fort of Kangra]]. The preserved, surviving architecture dates to his reign and demonstrates the skill of his wife [[Nur Jahan]] ~~as a garden designer.<ref name="K"/>~~		==See also==
			* [[List of parks in Delhi]]

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	*{{cite book \| last = Koch \| first = Ebba \| title = The Complete Taj Mahal: And the Riverfront Gardens of Agra \| type = Hardback \| edition = First \| publisher = Thames & Hudson Ltd \| isbn = 0-500-34209-1 \| pages = [https://archive.org/details/completetajmahal0000koch/page/288 288 pages] \| url = https://archive.org/details/completetajmahal0000koch/page/288 }}		*{{cite book \| last = Koch \| first = Ebba \| title = The Complete Taj Mahal: And the Riverfront Gardens of Agra \| date = 20 August 2023 \| type = Hardback \| edition = First \| publisher = Thames & Hudson Ltd \| isbn = 978-0-500-34209-1 \| pages = [https://archive.org/details/completetajmahal0000koch/page/288 288 pages] \| url = https://archive.org/details/completetajmahal0000koch/page/288 }}
	*{{cite web\| url = http://www.gardenvisit.com/ge/ram_bagh.htm\| title = Gardens guide - Aram Bagh\| access-date = 2007-03-14\| last = Turner\| first = Tom\| year = 1998\| publisher = Gardenvisit.com\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061016214330/http://www.gardenvisit.com/ge/ram_bagh.htm\| archive-date = 16 October 2006\| url-status = dead\| df = dmy-all}}		*{{cite web\| url = http://www.gardenvisit.com/ge/ram_bagh.htm\| title = Gardens guide - Aram Bagh\| access-date = 2007-03-14\| last = Turner\| first = Tom\| year = 1998\| publisher = Gardenvisit.com\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061016214330/http://www.gardenvisit.com/ge/ram_bagh.htm\| archive-date = 16 October 2006\| url-status = dead\| df = dmy-all}}
	*{{cite web\| url = http://www.agrahub.com/agra-monuments/rambagh-gardens.html\| title = Arambagh Gardens Agra\| access-date = 2007-03-14\| publisher = Agra hub\| url-status = dead\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070406040937/http://www.agrahub.com/agra-monuments/rambagh-gardens.html\| archive-date = 2007-04-06}}		*{{cite web\| url = http://www.agrahub.com/agra-monuments/rambagh-gardens.html\| title = Arambagh Gardens Agra\| access-date = 2007-03-14\| publisher = Agra hub\| url-status = dead\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070406040937/http://www.agrahub.com/agra-monuments/rambagh-gardens.html\| archive-date = 2007-04-06}}
			* {{citation\| title = History Of Mughal Architecture Vol.1 \| last = Nath \| first = Ram \| authorlink = Ram Nath\| isbn = 9788170171591 \| publisher = Abhinav Publications \| date = 1982 \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.532498/page/n335}}

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
	*{{cite web\| url = ~~http~~://www.~~archnet~~.~~org~~/~~library~~/~~pubdownloader/pdf/3848/doc~~\| title = The Mughal Waterfront Garden. In Gardens in the Time of the Great Muslim Empires: Theory and Design\| access-date = 2007-02-13\| author = ~~Petruccioli, Attilio (ed.)~~\| ~~author2~~ = ~~Koch,~~ Ebba\| year = 1997\| publisher = E. J. Brill~~}}{{Dead link\|date=September 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes~~ }}		*{{cite web \|url=https://www.academia.edu/7437775/The_Mughal_Waterfront_Garden \|title=The Mughal Waterfront Garden. In Gardens in the Time of the Great Muslim Empires: Theory and Design \|access-date=2007-02-13 \|author=Koch \|first=Ebba \|year=1997 \|editor-last=Petruccioli \|editor-first=Attilio \|publisher=E. J. Brill}}

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{{short description|16th century Mughal garden in Agra, India}}
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| location = [[India]]
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[[File:The Indian empire- history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land (14769184302).jpg|thumb|Agra, from the Jahara Baug]]
The '''Aram Bagh''' is the oldest [[Mughal Gardens|Mughal Garden]] in India, originally built by the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] [[Babur|Emperor Babur]] in 1528, located about five kilometers northeast of the [[Taj Mahal]] in [[Agra]], [[India]]. Babur was temporarily buried there before being interred in [[Kabul]].

The garden is a [[Persian garden]], where pathways and canals divide the garden to represent the Islamic ideal of paradise, an abundant garden through which rivers flow. The Aram Bagh provides an example of a variant of the charbagh in which water cascades down three terraces in a sequence of cascades. Two viewing pavilions face the [[Jumna]] river and incorporates a subterranean 'tahkhana' which was used during the hot summers to provide relief for visitors. The garden has numerous water courses and fountains.<ref name="K">Koch, p.37-41</ref>

The name is a corruption of the [[Persian language|Persian]] ''Aaram Bagh'' meaning 'Garden of Rest'.<ref>[http://www.ncl.ac.uk/unescolandscapes/files/KAUSARSajjad.pdf Meaning of Mughal Landscape]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is also variously known as ''Bagh-i Nur Afshan'' 'Light-Scattering Garden', ''Aalsi Bagh'' or 'Lazy Garden': according to legend, Emperor Akbar proposed to his third wife, who was a gardener there, by lying idle for 6 days until she agreed to marry him.<ref name="K"/>

[[Jahangir]] waited in the garden in early March 1621 for the most astrologically auspicious hour for him to enter Agra after he took the [[Fort of Kangra]]. The preserved, surviving architecture dates to his reign and demonstrates the skill of his wife [[Nur Jahan]] as a garden designer.<ref name="K"/>

==Citations==

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==References==
*{{cite book | last = Koch | first = Ebba | title = The Complete Taj Mahal: And the Riverfront Gardens of Agra | type = Hardback | edition = First | publisher = Thames & Hudson Ltd | isbn = 0-500-34209-1 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/completetajmahal0000koch/page/288 288 pages] | url = https://archive.org/details/completetajmahal0000koch/page/288 }}
*{{cite web| url = http://www.gardenvisit.com/ge/ram_bagh.htm| title = Gardens guide - Aram Bagh| access-date = 2007-03-14| last = Turner| first = Tom| year = 1998| publisher = Gardenvisit.com| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061016214330/http://www.gardenvisit.com/ge/ram_bagh.htm| archive-date = 16 October 2006| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}}
*{{cite web| url = http://www.agrahub.com/agra-monuments/rambagh-gardens.html| title = Arambagh Gardens Agra| access-date = 2007-03-14| publisher = Agra hub| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070406040937/http://www.agrahub.com/agra-monuments/rambagh-gardens.html| archive-date = 2007-04-06}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite web| url = http://www.archnet.org/library/pubdownloader/pdf/3848/doc| title = The Mughal Waterfront Garden. In Gardens in the Time of the Great Muslim Empires: Theory and Design| access-date = 2007-02-13| author = Petruccioli, Attilio (ed.)| author2 = Koch, Ebba| year = 1997| publisher = E. J. Brill}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100130185156/http://www.pem.org/library/collections/offen The Herbert Offen Research Collection of the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum]

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