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Hasht-behesht ( fa, هشت‌بهشت, , literally "eight heavens") may refer to: *Hasht Behesht, a pavilion in Isfahan, Iran *Hasht-behesht (architecture), a type of floor plan *Hasht-Bihisht (poem) "Hasht-Bihisht" ( fa, هشت بهشت, lit. "The Eight Paradises") is a famous poem written by Amir Khusrow around 1302 AD. The poem is based on the ''Haft Paykar'' by Nizami, written around 1197 AD, which in turn takes its outline from the ea ...

Hasht Behesht
Hasht Behesht (, ), literally meaning "the Eight Heavens" in Persian, is a 17th-century pavilion in Isfahan, Iran. It was built by order of Suleiman I, the eighth shah of Iran's Safavid Empire, and functioned mainly as a private pavilion. It is located in Isfahan's famous Charbagh Street. It was also the first modern school in Isfahan was called His Majesty's School (Madrese Homayouni). Structure As indicated on its name, the two-story pavilion of Hasht Behesht was built on the hasht-behesht plan, that is a type of floor plan consisting of a central hall surrounded by eight rooms. The building is of an octagonal shape, and has two main entrances. Four larger sides of it feature large balconies (iwans), under which some tall and thin wooden columns are raised. The pavilion is decorated with mural paintings, perforated woodwork, prismatic mirrors, tilework, and plasterwork. Gallery Hasht Behesht, Outside perspective by Pascal Coste.jpg, An 1840 drawing of Hasht Behesht by ...
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Hasht-behesht (architecture)
In architecture, a hasht-behesht (, ), literally meaning "eight heavens" in Persian, is a type of floor plan consisting of a central hall surrounded by eight rooms, the earliest recognized example of which in Iranian architecture is traced to the time of the Persianate Timurid Empire. The term was used in Persian literature as a metaphorical image, and was later notably used in a poem by Indian poet Amir Khusrow, who gave the most comprehensible literary reconstruction of the model in his adaptation of an Iranian epic about Sasanian ruler Bahram V, as well as in other works by Ottoman poets Sehi Bey and Idris Bitlisi. The architectural form was adopted and used also in Ottoman and Mughal architectures. The concept of hasht-behesht is linked to that of the Zoroastrian (Avestan for "best"; cognate with Middle Persian , New Persian ), a building decorated with precious stones that would represent the astrological concept of eight planets corresponding to eight heavens. It is clo ...
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