Gur-e Amir
كور أمير (ضريح تيمور)
Timur's ribbed-blue-domed mausoleum in Samarkand (1404) — the Timurid prototype that inspired Mughal building in India.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
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People and things also explored
Great Mosque of Samarra· Grand Bazaar of Isfahan· Bazaar of Tabriz· Bibi-Khanym Mosque· Faisal Mosque· Grand Bazaar, Istanbul· Hassan II Mosque· Khan el-Khalili
Sources
- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Gur-e Amir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/kur-amir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.