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  "ar": "بري محل (سرينغار)",
  "en": "Pari Mahal, Srinagar",
  "ur": "پری محل (سری نگر)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "«قصر الجنيات» على سفح الجبل فوق جشمه شاهي، بناه دارا شكوه مدرسةً لعلم النجوم لشيخه الآخوند ملا شاه {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.157} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.159}.",
  "en": "The 'Fairies' Palace' on the mountainside above Chashma Shahi, built by Dara Shikoh as a school of astrology for his teacher Akhund Mulla Shah {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.157} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.159}."
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  "astronomy-and-timekeeping"
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "Brookes 1987, printed pp. 157-159",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "بري محل («قصر الجنيات») على سفح الجبل فوق [[building/chashma-shahi|جشمه شاهي]] المطل على بحيرة دال، بناه الأمير [[person/dara-shikoh|دارا شكوه]] بن شاه جهان مدرسةً لعلم النجوم لشيخه الآخوند ملا شاه. ويعدّه [[person/john-brookes|بروكس]] من أجمل المواضع في كشمير كلها. {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.157} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.159}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "عمارته",
     "markdown": "تخطيطه فخم: مبنى أوسط وجناحان يقومان على منصة، تعلوها مصاطب متدرجة إلى جناح أوسط. وقد نُظّف الموقع حديثاً وشُق إليه طريق شديد الانحدار، وتُرى في البستان المجدد آثار نوافير وأحواض، ولا أثر لشلالات بينها فلعل مجاريها كانت تحت الأرض. وأعيد ترميم بعض مصاطبه، لكنه ما يزال بلا أحواضه ونوافيره الأصلية. {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.157} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.159}"
    }
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    "id": "building/pari-mahal-srinagar",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
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     "source": "source/brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987, pp. 157-159"
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   "updated": "2026-11-04"
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "The Pari Mahal (\"Fairies' Palace\") stands high on the mountainside above the [[building/chashma-shahi|Chashma Shahi]] overlooking Lake Dal. Prince [[person/dara-shikoh|Dara Shikoh]], son of Shah Jahan, built it as a school of astrology for his teacher Akhund Mulla Shah. [[person/john-brookes|Brookes]] counts it among the loveliest sites in all Kashmir. {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.157} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.159}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The building",
     "markdown": "Its layout is grand: a central building and flanking pavilions on a podium, with stepped terraces rising behind to a central pavilion. The site has recently been cleared and a steep road laid to it; traces of fountains and tanks show in the replanted garden, with no sign of cascades between them, so the waterways were probably underground. Several levels have been restored, but it still lacks its original tanks and fountains. {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.157} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.159}"
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     "source": "source/brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987, pp. 157-159"
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   "updated": "2026-11-04"
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "پری محل ڈل جھیل کے اوپر [[building/chashma-shahi|چشمہ شاہی]] کے پیچھے پہاڑ کی بلندی پر ہے۔ شاہجہاں کے بیٹے شہزادہ [[person/dara-shikoh|دارا شکوہ]] نے اسے اپنے استاد آخوند ملا شاہ کے لیے علمِ نجوم کے مدرسے کے طور پر بنوایا۔ [[person/john-brookes|بروکس]] اسے پورے کشمیر کے حسین ترین مقامات میں شمار کرتے ہیں۔ {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.157} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.159}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "عمارت",
     "markdown": "اس کی ترتیب شاندار ہے: ایک چبوترے پر درمیانی عمارت اور دونوں طرف برج، اور پیچھے درجہ بدرجہ چبوترے ایک درمیانی بارہ دری تک۔ جگہ حال ہی میں صاف کی گئی اور ایک ڈھلوان سڑک بنائی گئی؛ نئے لگائے باغ میں فواروں اور حوضوں کے آثار ہیں مگر ان کے بیچ آبشاروں کا نشان نہیں، اس لیے آب راہیں غالباً زیرِ زمین تھیں۔ کئی سطحیں بحال کی گئی ہیں مگر اصل حوض اور فوارے اب بھی نہیں ہیں۔ {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.157} {cite:brookes-gardens-of-paradise-1987 p.159}"
    }
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