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 "id": "building/nishat-bagh",
 "class": "building",
 "slug": "nishat-bagh",
 "label": {
  "ar": "نشاط باغ (سرينغار)",
  "en": "Nishat Bagh, Srinagar",
  "ur": "نشاط باغ (سری نگر)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "أكبر بساتين بحيرة دال في كشمير وأشدها انحداراً، يُنسب إلى آصف خان أخي نورجهان نحو 1625م، وكان في الأصل اثنتي عشرة مصطبة {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.143} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.145}.",
  "en": "The largest and steepest of the Lake Dal gardens in Kashmir, attributed to Asaf Khan, Nur Jahan's brother, c. 1625, originally laid out in twelve terraces {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.143} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.145}."
 },
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 "wings": [
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 "regions": [
  "south-asia"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/gunpowder-empires"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "architecture",
  "water-and-animals"
 ],
 "span": {
  "earliest": 1625.0018138633923,
  "latest": 1626.0011499209113
 },
 "display": {
  "start": {
   "edtf": "1625~",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "historical",
   "sources": [
    "source/brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987"
   ],
   "note": "Brookes, caption: 'supposedly built' by Jahangir's brother-in-law in 1625"
  }
 },
 "data": {
  "kind": "garden",
  "built": {
   "edtf": "1625~",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "historical",
   "sources": [
    "source/brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987"
   ],
   "note": "Brookes, caption: 'supposedly built' by Jahangir's brother-in-law in 1625"
  },
  "patron": "person/asaf-khan-iv",
  "location": "place/srinagar",
  "sources": [
   "source/brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "Brookes 1987, printed pp. 139, 143-146",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (OCR-harvest worker H)",
   "model": "claude-opus-5-5",
   "run": "ocr-harvest-2026-11-04"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "published",
   "completeness": 3,
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (OCR-harvest worker H)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "نشاط باغ على بحيرة دال قرب [[building/shalimar-bagh-srinagar|شاليمار]]، ينسبه [[person/john-brookes|بروكس]] إلى [[person/asaf-khan-iv|آصف خان]] صهر جهانگير وأخي [[person/nur-jahan|نورجهان]] الأكبر، ويذكر أنه بُني فيما يقال سنة 1625م، وأنه أكبر بساتين البحيرة وأروعها. {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.139} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.143} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.145}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تخطيطه",
     "markdown": "لم يكن بستاناً ملكياً، فقلّت فيه الأجنحة. موضعه أشد التصاقاً بالجبل وصعوده أشد انحداراً، فالماء أسرع والشلالات أكبر. كانت فيه في الأصل اثنتا عشرة مصطبة، واحدة لكل برج من البروج، ثم نقص عددها بسبب الطريق الذي يشقه. تجري في طوله قناة عريضة تتخللها النوافير، وعند كل تغير في المستوى شلال أو [[concept/chadar|چادر]]. {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.143} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.144} وتقوم مصطبة الحريم الأخيرة على جدار معقود بارتفاع ستة أمتار بين جناحين ذوي شرفات، وتوضع على المجاري عروش من الحجر والرخام. {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.144} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.146}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "building/nishat-bagh",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [],
    "status": {
     "review": "published"
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    "provenance": {
     "generated_by": "Claude Code (OCR-harvest worker H)",
     "model": "claude-opus-5-5",
     "run": "ocr-harvest-2026-11-04",
     "source": "source/brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987, pp. 139, 143-146"
    }
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-04"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "The Nishat Bagh lies on Lake Dal near the [[building/shalimar-bagh-srinagar|Shalimar Bagh]]. [[person/john-brookes|Brookes]] attributes it to [[person/asaf-khan-iv|Asaf Khan]], Jahangir's brother-in-law and the elder brother of [[person/nur-jahan|Nur Jahan]], says it was supposedly built in 1625, and calls it the largest and most spectacular of the lake gardens. {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.139} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.143} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.145}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Layout",
     "markdown": "It was not a royal garden, so it has fewer pavilions. It is tucked further into the mountain and climbs more steeply, so the water runs faster and the cascades are larger. There were originally twelve terraces, one for each sign of the zodiac, a number since reduced by the road that crosses it. A wide canal punctuated by fountains runs its length, with a cascade or [[concept/chadar|chadar]] at each change of level. {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.143} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.144} The final zenana terrace is held up by an arched wall six metres high between balconied pavilions, and stone or marble thrones are set across the watercourses. {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.144} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.146}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "building/nishat-bagh",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Code (OCR-harvest worker H), translation"
    ],
    "status": {
     "review": "published"
    },
    "provenance": {
     "generated_by": "Claude Code (OCR-harvest worker H)",
     "model": "claude-opus-5-5",
     "run": "ocr-harvest-2026-11-04",
     "source": "source/brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987, pp. 139, 143-146"
    }
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-04"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "نشاط باغ ڈل جھیل پر [[building/shalimar-bagh-srinagar|شالامار]] کے قریب ہے۔ [[person/john-brookes|بروکس]] اسے جہانگیر کے سالے اور [[person/nur-jahan|نورجہاں]] کے بڑے بھائی [[person/asaf-khan-iv|آصف خان]] سے منسوب کرتے ہیں، کہتے ہیں کہ روایت کے مطابق یہ 1625ء میں بنا، اور اسے جھیل کے باغوں میں سب سے بڑا اور شاندار قرار دیتے ہیں۔ {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.139} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.143} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.145}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ترتیب",
     "markdown": "یہ شاہی باغ نہیں تھا اس لیے اس میں بارہ دریاں کم ہیں۔ یہ پہاڑ میں زیادہ اندر اور زیادہ ڈھلوان پر ہے، اس لیے پانی تیز اور آبشاریں بڑی ہیں۔ اصل میں اس کے بارہ چبوترے تھے، ہر برج کے لیے ایک، جن کی تعداد اسے کاٹنے والی سڑک کی وجہ سے کم ہو گئی۔ ایک چوڑی نہر فواروں کے ساتھ اس کی پوری لمبائی میں بہتی ہے، اور ہر سطح کی تبدیلی پر آبشار یا [[concept/chadar|چادر]] ہے۔ {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.143} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.144} آخری زنانہ چبوترا چھ میٹر اونچی محرابی دیوار پر ہے جس کے دونوں سروں پر جھروکے دار برج ہیں، اور نہروں پر پتھر یا مرمر کے تخت رکھے گئے ہیں۔ {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.144} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.146}"
    }
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     "source": "source/brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987, pp. 139, 143-146"
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  "building/shalimar-bagh-srinagar",
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