Gulchehra Begum


The Imperial Princess Gulchehara Begum was a PersoTurkic Princess, the daughter of Emperor Zhir udDn Mohammad Babur of India, and sister of Emperor Humayun. Later, her nephew, Prince JalaludDn ascended the imperial throne as Emperor Akbar the Great.

When Princess Gulbadan was born her father had been lord in Kabul for sometime he was master also in Kunduz and Badakhshan, had held Bajaur and Swat since 1519, and Qandahar for a year. During those years he had been styled padshah, in token of headship of the house of Timur and of his independent sovereignty. Later Babur set out on his last expedition across the Indus to conquer an empire in India.

Source: Wikipedia