Zağar Yaylası (MEGT)
Outside of Istanbul, Türkiye
Evliya Çelebi (Seyahatnâmesi, 1:145a) describes this place as one of the promenades of Istanbul. It lay outside Istanbul and the Zağar pastures at Topkapısı, where the imperial farm animals grazed.


Source: Travel Account, 17th century


-Nurhan Atasoy, Seyit Ali Kahraman


Resources:

Evliya Çelebi Seyahatnâmesi: Topkapı Sarayı Bağdat 304 Yazmasının transkripsiyonu (Open in Zotero)


Originally published at: Atasoy, Nurhan, and Seyit Ali Kahraman "Zağar Yaylası.” Middle East Gardens Traditions. Dumbarton Oaks, December 1, 2014. https://www.doaks.org/resources/middle-east-garden-traditions/catalogue/C98. Archived at: https://perma.cc/5UDZ-R9BM.

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Outside of Istanbul, Türkiye
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Date of entry of information: August 2007
Dates of attested life: -19th century
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1299-1922
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Zağar Yaylası
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