Gardens of Babur

The Garden of Babur is a historic park in Kabul, Afghanistan, and also the final resting-place of the first Mughal emperor Babur. The garden is thought to have been developed around 1528 AD when Babur gave orders for the construction of an "avenue garden" in Kabul, described in some detail in his memoirs, the Baburnama.

It was the tradition of Mughal princes to develop sites for recreation and pleasure during their lifetime, and choose one of these as a last resting-place. The site continued to be of significance to Babur's successors; Jahangir and his step-mother Empress Ruqaiya Sultan Begum made a pilgrimage to the site in 1607 AD when he ordered that all gardens in Kabul be surrounded by walls, that a prayer platform be laid in front of Babur's grave, and an inscribed headstone placed at its head.