Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar

Shalimar Bagh
Shalimar Bagh
	Shalimar Bagh's marble pavilion
Type	Mughal garden
Location	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates	34°8′32.48″N 74°51′46.48″E / 34.1423556°N 74.8629111°E
Area	12.4 hectares (31 acres)
Opened	1619 A.D.
Founder	Jahangir
Designer	Jahangir
Owned by	Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department
Operated by	Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department
Website	srinagar.nic.in

Shalimar Bagh (Urdu pronunciation: [ʃɑːliːmɑːɾ bɑːɣ], Kashmiri pronunciation: [ʃaːlɨməːr baːɣ]) is a Mughal garden in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, linked through a channel to the northeast of Dal Lake. It is also known as Shalimar Gardens, Farah Baksh, and Faiz Baksh. The other famous shoreline garden in the vicinity is Nishat Bagh, 'The Garden of Delight'. The Bagh was built by Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1619. The Bagh is considered the high point of Mughal horticulture. It is now a public park and also referred to as the "Crown of Srinagar".^[1]^[2]

It is the earliest of the Mughal imperial gardens called Shalimar Gardens, followed by the one in Lahore, begun in 1641 under Shah Jahan and the one in Delhi, begun in 1653 by Izz-un-Nissa, his wife.

^ Bindloss, Joe; Sarina Singh (2007). India. Lonely Planet. pp. 353–354, 360. ISBN 978-1-74104-308-2. Retrieved 29 December 2009. Dal Lake. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ "Shalimar Gardens in Srinagar". Archnet.org. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2009.

[Bindloss-1] Bindloss, Joe; Sarina Singh (2007). India. Lonely Planet. pp. 353–354, 360. ISBN 978-1-74104-308-2. Retrieved 29 December 2009. Dal Lake. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[Bagh-2] "Shalimar Gardens in Srinagar". Archnet.org. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2009.

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