1 The Role of Historical Persian Gardens in Contemporary Urban context of Iran hhRosoR helehaR Phd candidate, University Technology of Malaysia Raheleh.Rostami@yahoo.com mail address: - e Hasanuddin Lamit, Phd Lecturer, University Technology of Malaysia inadean@hotmail.com mail address: - e Abstract Persian garden is the practical burst of life in Iranian land and in extended concept it is the art of living and result of the effort of humankind for creating a suitable environment with the natural elements in the scope of that nature. Chahar Bagh, the most stable innovation of Achaemenian turned to the most fundamental element of Persian Gardens and followed successively in different era and affect extensively on various parts of Persian gardens and life. In 11 th century garden established a complex relation with the city and became one part of public places until 16th century that the usage of this scheme has diminished in Iran and imitation of European gardens chiefly French one were established; but, were not considered by Iranian urban inhabitants compared to historical Persian gardens; while, some existing historical Persian gardens are still considered and being actively used. This study examines two of these historical Persian gardens through publics' preferences based on their perceptions of the visual and scenery effects in relation to the characteristics of these gardens to find predominant physical and social aspects of these gardens. In this study, historical Persian Gardens were chosen due to their historical background as first sample of Iranian urban green spaces and public as the large consumer of urban spaces considered to provide positive affects towards a better understanding of these places. Keywords: Historical Persian gardens, urban green spaces, Perception, Preference