Biramabad Garden in Kerman

The Biramabad garden dates from Safavid period and is only partially preserved today. It is located in a high valued fabric in Kerman, which is of high historical importance. Its conformity and concordance with the surrounding environment, its obvious location, and its association with Safavids have made this garden a unique cultural property. The present study sets to analyze Biramabad garden, related historical sources, reasons behind its construction, its concordance with surrounding environment, topographical situation and the infl uences of natural condition of the terrain and its morphological properties on it, architecture of the garden, its structures and their modifi cations and annexations over time, irrigation system, cultivation system and fi nally emergence of a particular type of Safavid garden which is unique in itself.