Background
She was the daughter of Giāth ud-Din Tarkhān, an important and influential noble during Tīmur"s reign. Gohar Shad was married to Sharukh probably in 1388, certainly before 1394 when their son, Ulugh Beg was born.
She was the daughter of Giāth ud-Din Tarkhān, an important and influential noble during Tīmur"s reign. Gohar Shad was married to Sharukh probably in 1388, certainly before 1394 when their son, Ulugh Beg was born.
According to family traditions, the title Tarkhān was given to the family by Genghis Khan personally. Foreign ten years she became the de facto ruler of an empire stretching from the Tigris to the borders of China. When she was well past 80, she was executed on 19 July 1457 on the order of Sultān Abū Sa"īdaughter
According to legend, Goharshād once inspected a mosque and a religious school (madrasah) in Herāt accompanied by two hundred female attendants, after it had been cleared of its students, all of whom were male.
One youth remained, having fallen asleep in his cell, and was discovered by an attendant and seduced. When Goharshād found out, she ordered that all two hundred of her attendants be married to the students.
This legend epitomizes the liberal Islamic tradition in Afghanistan stretching back centuries and whose symbol is Goharshādaughter Goharshād"s tomb is located next to the madrasah that she had built, of which the minaret remains until this day.
A women"s university in Kabul that opened in 2003 bears the name of Goharshād Goharshād had a mosque ("Masjid-e Goharshād") built in 1418 in Mashad, Khorāsān.
Her sister, Gohar-Tāj also has a tomb in Khorāsān.