1403
building
Gur-e Amir was begun in 1403 as a princely mausoleum for Muhammad Sultan, Timur's heir-apparent grandson, beside his madrasa and khanaqah, and became Timur's own dynastic tomb when he died on campaign in 1405. The surviving mausoleum is cro …
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