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Tamerlane's Captive Persian Gardeners and the Samarkand Paradise
Tamerlane didn't just build mosques and palaces — he created gardens. In this episode, we explore how the conqueror transplanted Persian garden design to Samarkand, creating a network of walled paradises that were both political statements and personal retreats. We follow the story of captive horticulturists from Shiraz and Tabriz who brought with them the knowledge of qanat irrigation, intricate water channels, and the symbolic geometry of the chahar bagh — the four-fold garden. We discuss how the gardens of Samarkand, like the famous Bagh-e Chenar and Bagh-e Nav, served as diplomatic…
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