Achabal Bagh is located in the town of Achabal town, about 69 kilometers
southeast of Srinagar in the district of Anantnag at the southeastern
end of the Kashmir Valley. The Himalayan mountains end in the Sosanwar
hills, where Achabal lies. Considered one of the smaller Mughal gardens
in Vale of Kashmir,
A summer retreat for the Mughals, the garden is the work of Nur Jahan,
wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. In addition to her interest in
gardens, Nur Jahan also had a great interest in the arts.
Villiers-Stuart, the author of the 1913 publication "Gardens of the
Great Mughals," called Nur Jahan and Babur the "greatest garden lovers
of them all.
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