Sacred Place
Gur-e Amir complex
Samarkand • Uzbekistan • 717 m
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