Babur Gardens occupies a special place in the hearts of Kabul residents. Its origins date back more than 500 years to the reign of Emperor Babur Shah. Babur is buried here today.

Political and military campaigns brought many Mughal emperors from Babur’s line to Kabul. They would also come to visit the grave of their forefather and develop the gardens where he lay rest.

Kabul’s historic Bagh-e Babur gardens are one of the few remaining vestiges of serenity in a city awash with snipers, checkpoints and post-traumatic ...

Kabul. Published November 3, 2007. ... That question confronted conservationists when they started rebuilding the renowned Babur Garden in Afghanistan's scruffy capital city.

Bagh-e Babur is a 16-terraced garden that dates back to the 16th century. It is one of the early Mughal dynasty gardens and seen as the prototype for the other Mughal gardens in the region.

In Kabul, the recently restored Garden of Babur, the Baghe Babur, has just attracted its three millionth visitor since the beginning of its restoration in 2008. Until then, I and others had viewed ...

Kabul - Kabul's historic Bagh-e Babur gardens are one of the few remaining vestiges of serenity in a city awash with snipers, checkpoints and post-traumatic stress. Laid out in the 16th century by ...

Babur's Garden, on the slope of an arid mountain, is in flower again after years of desolation brought on by drought and war, an island of green in an Afghan capital oppressed by heat and dust ...

Though Kabul was not rich in grain, it was a cosmopolitan city—Babur reckoned that 11 or 12 languages were spoken—on the trade route between Central Asia and India.

The Mongol Emperor Babur was even buried in his garden in Kabul, his tomb ordered left open so wild flowers could grow around him. Such tranquillity is rare nowadays in war-torn Afghanistan.