Gauhar Ara Begum
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Gauhar Ara Begum (Persian: گوہر آرا بیگم, lit. 'Adorned in Gems'; 17 June 1631 – c. 1706) was a Mughal princess and the fourteenth and youngest child of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal.[1]
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Gauhar Ara Begum | |
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Shahzadi of the Mughal Empire | |
Born | 17 June 1631 Burhanpur, Mughal Empire |
Died | 1706 (aged 74–75) Delhi, Mughal Empire |
House | Timurid |
Father | Shah Jahan |
Mother | Mumtaz Mahal |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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Her mother died giving birth to her in 1631. Gauhar Ara, however, survived the childbirth and lived for another three quarters of a century. Little is known about her and whether she was involved in the war of succession for her father's throne.
Gauhar Ara died in 1706, aged about 75.