Gur-e Amir at night. Lateral View

Sacred Place

Gur-e Amir Mausoleum

Place type
Sacred Place
Elevation
717 m

Field notes

The field account

The Gur-e Amir (or Guri Amir) is a mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Tamerlane (also known as Timur) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

It occupies an important place in the history of Persian-Mongolian Architecture as the precursor and model for later great Mughal architecture tombs, including Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and the Taj Mahal in Agra

Map margin

Where it sits

Visual field notes

A closer look