Gardens of Babur

Bagh-e Babur, also known as the Gardens of Babur, is a historic site in District 5 of , . It is located in the Guzargah neighborhood, with the Sher Darwaza mountain being to the east, to the south, and the to the northwest.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Kabul, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Babur’s Garden” and “Bagh-e Babur”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kabul Zoo and Shah-i du Shamshira.

Zoo
Photo: Masoud Akbari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is located in , , on the bank of the and adjacent to the Deh Mazang Circle. It is next to City Park and nearby the Gardens of Babur and Kabul University.

Mosque
Photo: Michal Hvorecky, CC BY 2.0.
The Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque, is a yellow two-story in , . The mosque is situated in District 2, on Andarabi Road, just off the and the Shah-Do Shamshira bridge in the center of the city.

Government office
Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain.
The is the presidential palace of , located in . Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan. is situated 3 km northeast of Gardens of Babur.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kabul.

Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
has been the capital of since about 1776. The city was badly damaged during the various wars since 1979, particularly its western parts.

Gardens of Babur

Latitude
34.50261° or 34° 30′ 9″ north
Longitude
69.15848° or 69° 9′ 31″ east
Elevation
1,816 metres (5,958 feet)
Inception
1637
Open location code
8J6FG535+29
Open­Street­Map ID
way 199353387
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
7098043
Wiki­data ID
Q1900234
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Gardens of Babur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حدائق بابر”
  • Basque: “Baburreko lorategiak”
  • Belarusian: “Багі Бабур”
  • Bengali: “বাগে বাবর”
  • Catalan: “Bāgh-e Bābur”
  • Cebuano: “Bāgh-e Bābur”
  • Chinese: “巴布爾花園”
  • Czech: “Bagh-e Babur”
  • Danish: “Bagh-e Babur”
  • Dutch: “Bagh-e Babur”
  • Finnish: “Bagh-e Babor”
  • French: “Bagh-e Babur”
  • Georgian: “ბაბურის ბაღები”
  • German: “Babur-Garten”
  • German: “Bagh-e Babur”
  • Hebrew: “גני באבור”
  • Hindi: “बाग-ए-बाबर”
  • Hindi: “बाग़-ए-बाबर”
  • Hungarian: “Bábur kertje”
  • Hungarian: “bág-e Bábur”
  • Indonesian: “Taman Babur”
  • Italian: “Bagh-e Babur”
  • Japanese: “バーブルの庭園群”
  • Malayalam: “ബാബറിന്റെ ഉദ്യാനം”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਾਗ਼-ਏ ਬਾਬਰ”
  • Persian: “باغ بابر”
  • Polish: “Ogrody Babura”
  • Pushto: “بابر بڼ”
  • Russian: “Баги Бабур”
  • Russian: “Баги-Бабур”
  • Russian: “Багх-е Бабур”
  • Russian: “Сад Бабура”
  • Russian: “Сады Бабура”
  • Sindhi: “بابر جو باغ”
  • Slovenian: “Baburjevi vrtovi”
  • Spanish: “Bagh-e Babur”
  • Swedish: “Bagh-e Babur”
  • Tamil: “பாக்-இ பாபர்”
  • Tatar: “Бабур бакчасы паркы”
  • Tatar: “Баги-Бабур паркы”
  • Turkish: “Babür Şah Bahçesi ve Anıt Mezarı”
  • Ukrainian: “Багх-Е Бабур”
  • Urdu: “باغ بابر”
  • Uzbek: “Bog‘i bobur”
  • Uzbek: “Bogʻi bobur”
  • Uzbek: “Bogʻi Bobur”

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