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Gur Amir ("Grave of the King")- Tamerlane's tomb - ordered in 1404 originally for Tamerlane's grandson, Mohammed Sultan, - But Tamerlane died the next year so was burried here as well. It contains not only Tamerlane's tomb but also that of two of his sons, Uleg Beg and other family members

 
     

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