The majestic Gur-Emir Mausoleum is located in the southeastern part of Samarkand. The chief architect of the complex was a native of the Iranian city of Isfahan – Mahmud Isfahani.
The mausoleum was small and intended for teaching children of the Samarkand nobility. But the sudden death of Mahmud in 1403 led to a change in the purpose of the complex.
After the death of Muhammad Sultan, Amir Temur was inconsolable: he ordered to temporarily place the remains of his beloved grandson in the corner hall of the madrasah – darskhana and immediately begin the construction of a mausoleum that would close the ensemble from the south.
This architectural ensemble contains the graves of Temur himself, his sons and grandchildren – Ulugbek and Muhammad Sultan, as well as the Timurids Abdullo Mirzo, Abdurahmon Mirzo, Temur’s teacher and mentor Mir Said Barak.
The courtyard of the complex was decorated with a single decorative wall, four minarets were located in the corners, and from the north it was decorated with a magnificent entrance portal with the name of the architect – Muhammad ibn Mahmud Isfahani.
