Shalimar Bagh (Urdu
: شالیمار باغ) is a Mughal garden
in India
, linked through a channel to the northeast of Dal Lake
, on its right bank located near Srinagar city
in Jammu and Kashmir
. Its other names are Shalamar Garden, Shalamar Bagh, Farah Baksh and Faiz Baksh, and the other famous shore line garden in the vicinity is Nishat Bagh
. The Bagh was built by Mughal
Emperor Jahangir
for his wife Nur Jahan
, in 1619. The Bagh is considered the high point of Mughal horticulture
. It is now a public park.
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