The Architectural Structure of the Water Palace of Mehrshahr, a Monumental Building of the Pahlavi Period

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PhD in Islamic archaeology, curator, Institute of Foundation Museums

10.22080/hpai.2024.26673.1005

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At the end of the middle and late centuries, landscape architecture experienced a different type of landscape architecture. This new type is the role of water in the formation of architectural elements, especially spaces related to water in gardens. According to archeological documents and evidence, although ancient Iranian gardening has always been based on the centrality of using air, water, fountains, ponds and pools; However, the first examples of the peak manifes-tation of this architectural model in the Islamic era in the subcontinent were formed during the Mamluk period, imitating the landscape architecture of some Hindu temples. It can be said that the architectural model of the pavilions located in the water of the peninsula is from the family of Indo-Iranian gardens and has been used in a similar way. The type of land and the use of Indian methods in the management and storage of water in the subcontinent have created a landscape that is rooted in Indian soil. Although these gardens are Iranian in terms of style, According to traditions, during the time of Pahlavi II, it was turned into a field for riding and shooting, and reports indicate that during the time of Pahlavi II, in era

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History of Persian Art in the Islamic period
Volume 1, Issue 2
June 2024
Pages 7-26

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