This is the extraordinary story of Queen Goharshad, a 15th-century monarch, who many historians now believe was the one of the most powerful women in world history. Ruling from the Timurid artistic and cultural center of Herat in western Afghanistan, Queen Goharshad ushered in a remarkable period when poetry, music, calligraphy, painting, and the sciences flourished as never before. A poet and an architect, she designed some of the most beautiful structures ever built on earth. --publisher
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Biography
Settings: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Persia (Ancient), Southern Asia, Western Asia
Ethnicity: Persian
Gender: Boy/Man, Gender Non-Conforming, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Middle Eastern/North African/Arab
Religion: Muslim
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary