Guri. The Amir Mausoleum was the royal tomb of Timur and his descendants in 1219, Samarkand was the new capital and cultural center of the Khorizm Empire, which was conquered by Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire

Guri. The Amir Mausoleum is the royal tomb of Timur and his descendants

In 1219, Samarkand, the new capital and cultural center of the Khorizm Empire, was destroyed by Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire. Most of the buildings in the city were built by the later edicts of Timurid the Great. With the rise of the Timurid Empire, his armies swept through Persia, India, the Caucasus, Azerbaijan, and Mongolia. He vowed to make Samarkhan the capital of Asia, so he piled up treasures looted from all over Asia, brought the most ingenious craftsmen of each city to Samarkand, and built the most splendid palaces and mosques in the city.