The architectural monument-mausoleum in Samarkand, built during the reign of Timurid Abu-Seyid (1451-1469). The building was the burial place of female representatives of the Timurid dynasty, as several female burials were discovered during excavations in 1940.
Currently, the building is in ruins, and the dome and the high drum were destroyed relatively recently — during the earthquake of 1903.
There is a legend that explains the abandonment of the mausoleum: during Temur’s feast in Ishratkhana, Ulugbek, having calculated the danger threatening him according to his grandfather’s horoscope, rushed into the hall on horseback, with a drawn saber, forcing the feasters to run away.
And at the same moment, when the last of the emirs left the hall, an underground rumble was heard, and the shock of a terrible earthquake brought down the arches of the Ishratkhana in the place where Temur and his entourage had been reclining a moment ago.
The terrible Temur mercifully reacted to the audacious act of Ulugbek, which saved his life. The Ishratkhana building was never repaired again.
