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Gawhar Shad
Chief consort of Shah Rukh, the emperor of the Timurid Empire
Gawhar Shad (Persian: گوهرشاد, romanized:Gawaršād; meaning "joyful jewel" or "shining jewel"; alternative spelling: Gohar Shād; died 19 July ) was the chief consort of Shah Rukh, the emperor of the Timurid Empire.
Life
She was the daughter of Giāth ud-Din Tarkhān, an important and influential noble during Tīmur's reign. According to family traditions, the title Tarkhān was given to the family by Genghis Khan personally.
Marriage
Gawhar Shad was married to Shah Rukh probably in , certainly before when their son, Ulugh Beg was born. It was a successful marriage, according to the ballads of Herat which sing of Shah Rukh's love for her.
But little is known of their first forty years together, except what concerns her buildings.[2]
Along with her brothers who were administrators at the Timurid court in Herat, Gawhar Shad played a very important role in the early Timurid his