Farah Bagh

Farah Bagh is a surviving garden complex from the Nizam Shahi period, located a few kilometres south of the city centre. Though much of the original garden has been lost or modified over centuries, the central pavilion and some of the garden walls remain, giving a sense of the Deccani garden tradition that blended Persian, Mughal, and local elements.

The site is associated with Chand Bibi, one of the most remarkable figures of medieval Deccan history — a queen and regent who held the Ahmednagar Sultanate together through war, intrigue, and Mughal aggression. Her story has been celebrated in Marathi historical literature and in paintings of the period. The site is not heavily developed for tourism, which means you'll likely have it largely to yourself.

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Farah Bagh was built by Murtaza Nizam Shah II in the late 16th century as a pleasure garden and royal retreat, modelled on the garden complexes of Mughal Agra. It was here that Murtaza's ambitious mother, Chand Bibi — the famous regent who defended Ahmednagar against Akbar's Mughal army — is believed to have spent her final years before her assassination in 1599 by her own soldiers, who feared she was about to surrender the city.

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