The story of Ganna Begam spans the period of the late Mughals,and concentrates on the time of the invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali.She was the daughter of Ali Quili,a nobleman of Iran ,and Surayia a danseuse and singer who wrote songs herself. She acquired the skill of singing,dancing and composing songs from her mother. She was beautiful,and her voice had such sweetness that she earned the sobriquet Ganna,which means sugarcane,though her real name was Chand.Her youth and beauty charmed many youngmen of her time,but she loved a Mughal prince,who was declared Mughal Emperor and ruled for a very short time