Eram Garden

The garden’s history dates back to the Seljuk era and has been existed all the time from the Al‑e Injo era. During the Zand dynasty, Karim Khan Zan reconstructed the garden and improved it.
At the end of Zand’s ears and the beginning of the Qajar period, this garden belonged to Qashqaee leaders for 75 years. in the days of Naseraddin Shah Qahar, Hassan Ali Khan Nsirakmolk built a beautiful building in it, but after his death in 1311 A.H., his nephew, Abolqasem Khan (Nsiralmolk the second) took over the garden completed his uncle’s half full building, and ended it in an effective manner which has been remained until now.

Thus valuable monument was built by Haj Mohammad Hassan, a leading architect of the Qajar era. After that due to the garden owners’ debt, it was possessed by the government and then transferred to Shiraz University. This garden has been renovated in the years 1966 to 1971 AD. and in the solar year, 1980 AD. has become a botanical garden.
The most outstanding feature of this building is its two‑store central porch. At the top of the building, there are curved tile designs that include historical, literary, and mythical figures that have been made beautifully. among these figures, could be pointed to Naseraddin Shah on a white horse, Prophet Solomon (PBUH), Yusuf and Zuleikham Ferdowsi and Nezami stories and figure of Darius, the Achaemenids. On the plinth of this monument, the poetry of Sa’adi, Hafez, and Shorideh Shirazi in hieroglyphics 0f Mirza Ali Naqi, calligrapher of Qajar reign have been worked.