The Gūr-i Amīr or Guri Amir (Uzbek: Amir Temur Maqbarasi, Go'ri Amir, Persian: گورِ امیر) is a mausoleum of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (also known...

architecture found in Samarkand is the Gur-e-Amir (or Gur-Emir) Mausoleum. Built in 1403 and 1404, the mausoleum is the tomb of Timur and his sons Shah...

Poradoz Mausoleum The Boboyi Poradoz Mausoleum (Uzbek: Boboyi Poradoʻz maqbarasi) is a monument of architecture in Bukhara Region. The mausoleum was built...

Aminuddin Gabriel Tomb of Shaykh Haydar Tomb of Qara Qoyunlu emir Jahan Shah Mausoleum of Awn and Zayd, sons of Ali Imamzadeh Chaharmanar Tomb of Shaykh...

the British and Emir Abdur Rahman Khan in order to prevent the Russians from using the buildings as cover. Only the Gawhar Shad mausoleum and nine of the...

2000-2005-yillar "Юбилей Узбекского ученого". Ogonyok (21): 9. 1949. "Gur Emir Mausoleum in Samarkand". pagetour.org. Retrieved 11 November 2022. McChesney...

century, Timur made it the capital of his empire and the site of his mausoleum, the Gur-e Amir. The Bibi-Khanym Mosque, rebuilt during the Soviet era, remains...

Astvatsatsin, Kapan Mausoleum of Turkmen emirs, Agravand Mausoleum of Dro, Aparan Pir-Hussein Mausoleum Nizami Mausoleum (Ganja) Mausoleum of Seyid Yahya Bakuvi...

ebony coffin and sent to Samarkand, where it was buried". His tomb, the Gur-e-Amir, still stands in Samarkand, though it has been heavily restored in...

the two layers and resting on an octagonal dome chamber. Dome of Gur-i Emir Mausoleum in Samakand (early 14th century) Example of a common shape of Persian...

Registan, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Gur-Emir and Shah-i-Zinda, Bukhara with its Po-i-Kalyan Complex, Ark citadel, Samanid Mausoleum and Lyabi Khauz Ensemble, and...

imperial monuments of the era are found in Samarkand, including the Gur-i Amir Mausoleum (completed c. 1404), the Bibi-Khanym Mosque (1399–1404), the Shah-i...

buried in Bukhara. Timur, a great conqueror from Uzbekistan, in the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum, Samarkand. Qabr Hud, supposed burial place of the prophet Hud. Hajj...

The Gur-e Amir Mausoleum is built in Samarkand by Timur, after the death of his grandson Muhammad Sultan, and eventually becomes the family mausoleum of...

Shah-i-Zinda Mausoleum in Samarkand (1869–1870) Gur-e-Amir mausoleum. Samarkand (1869–1870) They are triumphant (1872). Registan. The Emir of Bukhara and...

struggled for autonomy under Bukharan rule and the Russians helped the Bukharan emir conquering the city in 1870. Several remaining impressive monuments from...

the historic city. It served as a Friday mosque during the time when the emir of Bukhara was being subjugated under the Bolshevik Russian rule in the 1920s...

Mosque and madrasas, Bibi-Khanum Mosque, the Shakhi-Zinda compound and the Gur-Emir ensemble, as well as Ulugh-Beg's Observatory. Western Tien-Shan* Tashkent...

(Minara-yi-Kalan). After the death of Shaibani-khan in 1510, most local rulers (emirs and sultans) only partially recognized the central government. The capital...

his father's body to be exhumed before reburying it with Timur's in the Gur-e-Amir in Samarqand. The succession struggle among Shah Rukh's family continued...

Jihad Museum Mausoleums and tombs Gawhar Shad Mausoleum Mausoleum of Khwajah Abdullah Ansari Tomb of Jami Tomb of khaje Qaltan Mausoleum of Mirwais Sadiq...

residence of local rulers. Here, in the fastness of the citadel, lived the emirs, their chief viziers, military leaders, and numerous servants. When the...

brought her before Imam Quli Khan in the hope that the Emir would coerce her into selling. The Emir of Bukhara ordered a congress of muftis to inquire into...

beginning of the 15th century, major Timurid monuments like the Gur-i Amir Mausoleum and the Bibi Khanum Mosque (both completed around 1404) were notable...

women in the Uzbek SSR to burn her veil. The excavation of Timur's tomb in Gur-Emir was conducted by Russian anthropologist Mikhail Gerasimov in late June...

memorial mosque of Abdullah Khan I were preserved here, that was built for Shah Emir Asadullah, the ishan of Shahrukhiya, and a marble grave. A site of ancient...

of calligraphy and regal edicts from the Tamerlane dynasty to the last emirs of Bukhara. There is a collection of ethnic art and costumes from different...

tombs are that of Shah Shoja' (the Mozafarid emir of Persia, and patron of Hafiz), and the Haft Tanan mausoleum, where seven Sufi mystics are buried. The...

of a militia supporting the Nigerian Army was attacked in the village of Gur, about 150 km south of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria. There was an exchange...

The Gur-e Amir Mausoleum is built in Samarkand by Timur, after the death of his grandson Muhammad Sultan, and eventually becomes the family mausoleum of...