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Samarkand - Guri-Emir Mausoleum (XV century)
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In 1404 Timur the Great ordered to build the mausoleum Guri-Emir (Tomb of Emir) for his loving grandson, Mukhammad Sultan. With time, the mausoleum became the family crypt of the Timurid dynasty. Majesty and lightness of architectural lines and shapes, richness of the multi-colored mosaic - all this makes the mausoleum a unique monument of Central Asian architecture. Next to Tamerlane, there are the graves of his sons Shakhrukh and Miranshkh and his grandsons Mukhammad-sultan and Ulugbek. There are two more Timurid tombs nearby: the Mausoleum Rukhabad, built for Sheikh Burhanuddin Sagharji in the 1380s and the modest-sized Mausoleum Ak-Saray built in 1470s for the last of Timurids.
Guri-Emir Mausoleum (XV century)
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