Not to be confused with Gawhar Khatun (Rum princess).
Seljuk princess and wife of Ghaznavid ruler Mas'ud III
Gawhar Khatun
Consort of Ghaznavid Sultan
Tenure
1080s – 1115
Born
Isfahan, Seljuk Sultanate
Died
Ghaznavid Sultanate
Spouse
Mas'ud III
Children
Arslan-Shah
Bahram-Shah
Names
Gawhar Khatun Malik-Shah
Era name and dates
Islamic Golden Age: 12th Century
Dynasty
Seljuk
Father
Malik-Shah I
Mother
Zubayda Khatun
Religion
Sunni Islam
Gawhar Khatun (Persian: گوهر خاتون, also spelled Gowhar, Govhar, Gevher, Cevher, Jauhar, and Jawhar), known in other sources as Mahd-i Iraq (“the bride from Iraq”), was a Seljuq princess who during an unknown date married the Ghaznavid Sultan Mas'ud III of Ghazni (r. 1099–1115), thus becoming his second wife.
GawharKhatun (Persian: گوهر خاتون, also spelled Gowhar, Govhar, Gevher, Cevher, Jauhar, and Jawhar), known in other sources as Mahd-i Iraq (“the bride...
succeeded by his uncle Kaykhusraw I. Kilij Arslan had a daughter named GawharKhatun. Claude Cahen, The Formation of Turkey: The Seljukid Sultanate of Rum:...
cousin Malik-Shah I, giving birth to Berkyaruq in 1081 and a daughter, GawharKhatun. After Berkyaruq became the Seljuk Sultan, Zubayda's brother-in-law...
Seljuq throne. One of his wives was GawharKhatun, the daughter of Sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud and GawharKhatun, the daughter of Ahmad Sanjar. She had...
patronized Shafi'is. The vizier Taj al-Mulk and Malik-shah's widow, Terken Khatun, patronized the building of a madrasa to compete with Nazim's Nizamiya....
Amir Sitti Khatun, to be his wife. Melik Shah III and Gawhar Nasab Khatun were the children of this union. She died in 1129. Amira Khatun, another of...
death can be ascribed more probably to 1059. One of his daughters was GawharKhatun. She was married to Erishgi (Erisghen). She was killed on the orders...
clearly the chief power in the Seljuq realms. One of Muhammad's wives was GawharKhatun, the daughter of Isma'il, son of Yaquti. She was killed in 1118 on Muhammad's...
disagreement with her cousin and brother-in law, husband of her sister GawharKhatun; Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud. Her husband, al-Mustarshid launched a military...
Museum of Art. Seljuk sarcophagus at the Eskişehir Eti Archaeology Museum Khatun Seljuk princess Seljuk Empire Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Seljuk (warlord) Neiberg...
Al-Mustazhir's son from a concubine Lubanah. She was from Baghdad. GawharKhatun Mernissi, Fatima; Mary Jo Lakeland (2003). The forgotten queens of Islam...
great-great-grandfather of the historian Juzjani. Ibrahim's son, Mas'ud, married GawharKhatun, daughter of Seljuq sultan Malik Shah, as a condition of peace between...
founders of the Mawlawiya (مولویه) order. Sultan Walad's mother was Jowhar Khatun, daughter of the Lala Sharaf-ud-Din of Samarkand. The marriage took place...
Arslan-Shah's reign was short. His mother, a Seljuq princess named GawharKhatun, was treated badly, which resulted in her brother Ahmad Sanjar invading...
half-brother Maqsud Beg, son of Despina Khatun, a Byzantine princess. Another half-brother, Ughurlu Muhammad, son of Jan Khatun, escaped to Constantinople, to...
absolute ruler, but the influence of his mother Turkan Khatun (Terken Khatun) was also great. Turkan Khatun even had the laqab: "the Ruler of the World" (Khudavand-e...
the ruler of Iran and Transoxiana, and Shah Rukh's most prominent wife, Gawhar Shad. In the view of modern historians, Baysunghur was actually a better...
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