A 7500 mile journey across Asia along the old Silk Road

Gur-e-Amir is Persian of 'Tomb of the King' and the mausoleum contains the tombs of Tamarlane, his sons Shah Rukh and Miran Shah and grandsons Ulugh Beg and Muhammad Sultan. Also honoured with a place in the mausoleum is Timur's teacher Sayyid Baraka.