Gohar Sultan Begum (also Gauhar Sultan Begum, Gawhar-Sultan Khanim, Gawhar Sultan Khanum) (died 1577) was the daughter of shah

Tahmasp I Tahmasp I ( or ; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 until his death in 1576. He was the eldest son of Shah Ismail I and his principal consort, Tajlu Khanum. Tahmasp ascended the throne after the ...

of Persia (r. 1524–1576). She was sister to shah

Ismail II Ismail II (; born Ismail Mirza; 31 May 1537 – 24 November 1577) was the third shah of Safavid Iran from 1576 to 1577. He was the second son of Tahmasp I with his principal consort, Sultanum Begum. On the orders of Tahmasp, Ismail spent twenty ...

. She was married to her father's nephew,

Ibrahim Mirza Ibrahim Mirza, Solṭān Ebrāhīm Mīrzā, in full Abu'l Fat'h Sultan Ibrahim Mirza (; April 1540 – 23 February 1577) was a Persian prince of the Safavid dynasty, who was a favourite of his uncle and father-in-law Shah Tahmasp I, but who was ...

, whom she supported against her brother. The marriage most likely occurred in 1556. Gauhar Sultan Khanum gained admiration for her learning. Tradition holds that she died of grief after her husband was killed.

References

* Hani Khafipour. The Foundations of Safavid State: fealty, patronage, and ideals of authority (1501-1576). — Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago, 2013. — P. 254. 16th-century births 16th-century deaths 16th-century Iranian women 16th-century Iranian people Safavid princesses {{Iran-royal-stub