Legend has it that Mushthaid Garden was built by an Iranian nobleman in the 19th century in Tbilisi. Mushthaid was a religious leader of Iranian Shias in Azerbaijan and a political figure. The name of the garden comes from his religious title – Mujthahid.

 According to encyclopaedia, Mushthaid was urged by his Georgian wife to settle down in Georgia. Mir-Fatah-Agha Seid Tavrizel, who was of Persian origin, arrived in Georgia with his wife. Later, in order to immortalize the memory of his Georgian wife, he built a huge garden in the suburbs of Tiflis. Mushthaid brought workers from Iran and cut an irrigation channel from the Kura to the garden. He planted hundreds of roses in the garden. Mushthaid buried his beloved wife outside his home and planted numerous red roses on her grave.

According to different sources, he used to sit near the grave in the evenings for a long time and grieved for his wife.

Even though the garden was renamed a few times, it has eventually kept the name of its founder Mushthaid as a sign of Georgians’ gratitude toward the Iranian nobleman.