gh ana ▁Valley ▁through ▁construction ▁of ▁Pers ian - style ▁gard ens , ▁like ▁those ▁at ▁other ▁Tim ur id ▁cities ▁like ▁Sam ark and ▁and ▁Her at . ▁Bab ur ▁was ▁a ▁ze alous ▁gard ener ▁and ▁personally ▁designed ▁and ▁super vised ▁at ▁least ▁ten ▁gard ens ▁in ▁his ▁capital ▁of ▁Kab ul ▁in ▁modern ▁Afghan istan , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Bag h - e ▁Bab ur , ▁where ▁he ▁recorded ▁the ▁all ure ▁of ▁the ▁pom eg ran ate , ▁cher ry ▁and ▁orange ▁trees ▁he ▁had ▁plant ed . ▁Though ▁his ▁emp ire ▁soon ▁expanded ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁north - central ▁India , ▁he ▁ab hor red ▁the ▁st agn ant ▁heat ▁and ▁d rab ▁environment ▁of ▁the ▁hot , ▁dust y ▁pla ins ▁of ▁India ; ▁he ▁was ▁thus ▁inter red ▁at ▁Bag h - e ▁Bab ur ▁in ▁Kab ul ▁by ▁his ▁wid ow ▁in ▁ 1 5 4 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁Ar am ▁Bag h ▁of ▁A gra ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁many ▁Pers ian ▁gard ens ▁he ▁created ▁in ▁India ▁itself . ▁M ug hal ▁gard ens ▁have ▁four ▁basic ▁requirements , ▁symbol izing ▁four ▁alleg or ical ▁ess entials ▁for ▁the ▁after life : ▁sh ade , ▁fruit , ▁fra gr ance ▁and ▁running ▁water , ▁and ▁this ▁pattern ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁build ▁many ▁Pers ian ▁gard ens ▁throughout ▁the ▁Indian ▁sub cont inent , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Sh al imar ▁Gard ens ▁of ▁L ah ore , ▁the ▁Sh al imar ▁Bag h