[2] Throughout history, Nazar Garden has been a place of rest and reception and a dormitory for many kings and princes, governors, elders and other dignitaries of Iran, Fars region and foreign countries.
[6] The construction of Nazar Garden was the idea of Khajeh Hessam al-Din Afshar, one of the rulers of Kazerun during the Safavid and Afsharid dynasty.
But in the end, Khajeh Ali Qoli Khan Afshar, the grandson of his brother, who later became the ruler of Kazarun, laid the foundation for the construction of Nazar Garden in 1737 AD.
He believes that this garden was public and a place to see, view, watch and entertain people, and in fact, it was a city park, and for this reason, it was known as Nazar (means See).
[13] Hossein-Qoli Nezam al-Saltaneh Mafi, the Prime Minister of Iran during the reign of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, who ordered the construction of the Ab anbar and Pit of Nazar Garden, in a letter he wrote to his son in 1903, requested to preserve the Ab anbar of Nazar Garden, which is one of his relics.
[20]Mohammad Hossein Rokn-Zadeh Adamiat, an author and journalist of the Qajar and Pahlavi eras writes about this garden in the book Fars and International War: Bagh Nazar is one of the old and lively gardens of Kazerun, which is famous for having old bitter orange trees in all of Fars and is a resort for people of taste and knowledge.
In the year 1919, the author spent a night in that garden, and at dawn he was delighted by the fragrant scent of orange spring.
[21]Hasan Fasa'i, an author and historian of the Qajar era writes about Nazar Garden in the book Fars-Nama-ye Naseri: In the middle of the south and west of Kazerun, there is Nazar Garden, which was built by Haj Ali Qoli Khan and bitter orange trees were planted on its four streets, and the length of two of its streets is close to two hundred branches, and the other two streets are more than one hundred and thirty branches, and the bitter orange trees of Nazar Garden, It is the same one planted by Haj Ali Qali Khan and it is still full and strong.
[23][24]Colonel Cherikov, the representative of the Russia government in Iran, who was the head of the Iran-Ottoman Boundary Commission at that time, writes in his travelogue: Kazerun is a city with a very soulful and elegant and located in the middle of the mountain, it has green plains.
[25]Mohammad Taghi Mostafavi, an archeologist and head of the National Museum of Iran in the Pahlavi era mentions this garden in the book of Pars region: Nazar Garden is outside the city and on the south side of the highway from Kazerun to Bushehr, which is famous for having tall, old and strong bitter orange trees.