All Topics  
Goharshad

 
Goharshad

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Goharshad
 
 
  Topics Goharshad Topic Home

Goharshad ( Gowharšad; meaning "joyful jewel" or "shining jewel" in Persian; alternative spelling: Gawharshad) was a Persian
Persian Empire

The 'Persian Empire' was a series of successive Iranian or Persianization empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland, and beyond in Southwest Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus....
 noble and wife of Shah Rukh
Shah Rukh (Timurid dynasty)

Shahrukh Mirza , was the ruler of the eastern portion of the empire established by the Central Asian warlord Timur - the founder of the Timurid dynasty - governing most of Persian Empire and Transoxiana between 1405 and 1447....
, the emperor of the Timurid Dynasty
Timurid Dynasty

The Timurids, self-designated Gurkani , were a Persianate society Central Asian Sunni Islam dynasty of originally Turko-Mongol descent whose empire included the whole of Central Asia, Iran, modern Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as large parts of India, Mesopotamia and Caucasus....
 of Herat
Herat

Herat , classically called the Aria, is a city in western Afghanistan, in the province also known as Herat province. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, Afghanistan, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan....
. She was the daughter of Giath ud-Din Tarkhan, an important and influential noble during Timur's reign.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Goharshad'
Start a new discussion about 'Goharshad'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Akhangan
Goharshad ( Gowharšad; meaning "joyful jewel" or "shining jewel" in Persian; alternative spelling: Gawharshad) was a Persian
Persian Empire

The 'Persian Empire' was a series of successive Iranian or Persianization empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland, and beyond in Southwest Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus....
 noble and wife of Shah Rukh
Shah Rukh (Timurid dynasty)

Shahrukh Mirza , was the ruler of the eastern portion of the empire established by the Central Asian warlord Timur - the founder of the Timurid dynasty - governing most of Persian Empire and Transoxiana between 1405 and 1447....
, the emperor of the Timurid Dynasty
Timurid Dynasty

The Timurids, self-designated Gurkani , were a Persianate society Central Asian Sunni Islam dynasty of originally Turko-Mongol descent whose empire included the whole of Central Asia, Iran, modern Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as large parts of India, Mesopotamia and Caucasus....
 of Herat
Herat

Herat , classically called the Aria, is a city in western Afghanistan, in the province also known as Herat province. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, Afghanistan, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan....
. She was the daughter of Giath ud-Din Tarkhan, an important and influential noble during Timur's reign. According to family traditions, the title Tarkhan was given to the family by Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan , born , was the founder, Khan and Khagan of the Mongol Empire, the World's largest empires contiguous empire in history....
 personally.

Along with her brothers who were administrators at the Timurid court in Herat
Herat

Herat , classically called the Aria, is a city in western Afghanistan, in the province also known as Herat province. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, Afghanistan, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan....
, Goharshad played a very important role in the early Timurid history. In 1405 she moved the Timurid capital from Samarkand
Samarkand

Samarkand , is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province.The city is most noted for its central position on the Silk Road between China and the West, and for being an Islamic centre for scholarly study....
 to Herat
Herat

Herat , classically called the Aria, is a city in western Afghanistan, in the province also known as Herat province. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, Afghanistan, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan....


Under her patronage, the Persian language
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
 and Persian culture were elevated to a main element of the Timurid dynasty. She and her husband led a cultural renaissance by their lavish patronage of the arts, attracting to their court artists, architects and philosophers and poets acknowledged today among the world's most illustrious, including the poet Jami
Jami

Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami was one of the greatest Persian language poets in the 15th century and one of the last great Sufi poets....
. Many exquisite examples of Timurid architecture remain in Herat
Herat

Herat , classically called the Aria, is a city in western Afghanistan, in the province also known as Herat province. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, Afghanistan, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan....
 today.