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The Saffron Throne: Royal Gardens of Safavid Persia
In this episode of The Safavid Empire: Persia's Return to Greatness, Lucas and Luna explore the lost world of Safavid royal gardens. While earlier episodes touched on Isfahan's architecture and the Armenian Quarter's commerce, here they delve into the gardens that once surrounded the empire's palaces—the chahār bāgh, or 'four gardens,' that were more than just pleasant retreats. Lucas explains how Shah Abbas I and his successors designed these green spaces as microcosms of paradise, reflecting both Zoroastrian and Islamic cosmological ideas. He describes the sophisticated irrigation systems…
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