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Gauharara Begum

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Father
  
Shah Jahan

Role
  
Shah Jahan's daughter

Parents
  
Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal

Name
  
Gauharara Begum

House
  
Timurid dynasty

Religion
  
Islam

Buried
  
Taj Mahal, Agra

Mother
  
Mumtaz Mahal

Died
  
1706, Delhi, New Delhi


Grandparents
  
Jahangir, Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani, Abul-Hasan ibn Mirza Ghiyas Beg, Plondregi Begum

Similar People
  
Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan, Roshanara Begum, Murad Bakhsh, Jahanara Begum

Gauhara Begum (17 June 1631 – 1706) was a Mughal princess and the fourteenth and youngest child of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Her mother died giving birth to her. Gauhara, however, survived the childbirth and lived for another 75 years. Little is known about her and whether she was involved in the war of succession for her father's throne.

Gauhara died in 1706, at the age of 75, from natural causes.

  • Gauhara Begum is a principal character in Ruchir Gupta's novel Mistress of the Throne (2014).
  • References

    Gauhara Begum Wikipedia