The Textbook of Architecture

Glossary · C

Charbagh

Also called char bagh, chahar bagh, charbaghs

Persian for “four gardens”: a walled garden divided into four quarters by raised walks and water channels on the two axes.

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters The Islamic World, Gardens and Landscape.

A feature of Mughal architecture.

Nearby in the glossary

Cella · Centring · Chadar · Chaitya · Chattra · Chevet · Chhajja · Chhatri