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Gauhara Begum [June 17, 1631-1706] was the fourteenth and final child of the Indian Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan I, and his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Mumtaz Mahal died giving birth to her. Gauhara, however, survived the tragic birth and lived for another 75 years. Like most Mughal princesses at this time, though, Gauhara probably never married. Little is known about her and if she was involved in the war of succesion for her father's throne. Gauhara died in 1706, at the age of 75, of unknown causes, but most likely of old age or disease.
In 1614, a daughter was born to a most romantic couple, Khurram, prince of the Moghul Empire, and his wife, Arjumand Banu Begum, the neice of the Moghul Empress, Mehrunnisa, known as Nur Jahan.
The girl was a small dissapointment to the Moghul people as she would never be able to succeed to the throne, yet, Khurram and his wife adored their baby girl, and one day she would become the most powerful woman in all of India.
He named her the Padishah Begum, the highest title in the harem meaning 'lady emperor', and Sahibat al-Zamani, Mistress of the Age.
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