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Chaharbagh School

Historic complex in Isfahan, Iran

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Chahār Bāgh School or the Chahār Bāgh Madrasa (Persian: مدرسه چهارباغ, romanized: Madrese-ye Chahār Bāgh, lit.'School of the Four Gardens'), also known as Madrese-ye Madar-e Shah, is a 17-18th century cultural complex in Isfahan, Iran. The compound was built in the late Safavid era, during the reign of Shah Soltan Hoseyn, to serve as a theological and clerical school.

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