Ferdows Garden

Ferdows Garden (Persian: باغ فردوس – Bāq e Ferdows‎‎) is a historical complex in Tajrish, Shemiran, Northern Tehran, between Zafaraniyeh and Jafar Ābād.

It is a complex consisting of two palaces of which the former has decayed. Since 2002, the remained palace houses the Cinema Museum of Iran.

The Achaemenid Dynasty built over the entire empire, especially in Anatolia, pairi-daēzas, or "paradises," which consisted of extensive gardens and parks.

According to OED, as well as Dehkhoda Dictionary, Xenophon was the first to use the word paradeisos in the meaning of "enclosed park," "orchard," or "pleasure ground." Dehkhoda states that the Hebrew word pārdēs entered into this language in the 5th century BC, following the arrival of Jews in Babylon. In the sections of the Old Testament that predate this arrival, the notions of "heaven" and "hell" are not specific; only later has pārdēs, originally meaning "garden" and "orchard," been endowed with the spiritual meaning that is signified by this word (as well as paradise) in later times, up to the present date.

Dehkhoda notes that pārdēs has been used synonymously as the Hebrew word gān in the meaning of "Garden of Eden." He continues that the word ferdows, used twice in Qur'an, has its root in Judaism and Christianity, and that the Islamic scholars are generally united in considering that the word ferdows has been used in Qur'an in the meaning of "garden" and "orchard." There is, however, no consensus amongst these scholars as to the nature of this place.

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