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The Islamic landscape : place and memory | p. 3 |
Making the desert bloom : transforming an inhospitable Earth | p. 13 |
The science of gardening : agricultural and botanical manuals | p. 29 |
Organizing the Earth : cross-axial gardens and the Chahar Bagh | p. 39 |
Trees and plants : botanical evidence from texts and archaeology | p. 51 |
Representations of gardens and landscape : imagery in manuscript paintings, textiles, and other media | p. 63 |
Imaginary gardens : gardens in fantasy and literature | p. 75 |
The garden as paradise : the historical beginnings of paradisiac iconography | p. 89 |
The here and hereafter : mausolea and tomb gardens | p. 103 |
A garden in landscape : the Taj Mahal and its precursors | p. 117 |
Religion and culture : the adoption of Islamic garden culture by non-Muslims | p. 131 |
List of gardens and sites | p. 147 |
Glossary | p. 225 |
Notes | p. 227 |
Bibliography | p. 241 |
Index | p. 255 |
Acknowledgments | p. 261 |
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