Gardens of paradise : the history and design of the great Islamic gardens

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Gardens of paradise : the history and design of the great Islamic gardens

John Brookes

New Amsterdam, 1987

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Bibliography: p. 235-236

Includes index

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The garden is the image of Paradise in the Quran. John Brookes traces its physical origins to age-old methods of irrigation, and charts its spread with the spread of Islam in India, Persia, Turkey, Egypt, Sicily, North Africa and Muslim Spain.

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