The Gur-e Amīr (Uzbek: Amir Temur maqbarasi) mausoleum is the mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Tamerlane (also known as Timur Lenk). It occupies an important place in the history of Persian-Mongolian Architecture as the precursor and model for later great Mughal architecture tombs, including Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and the Taj Mahal in Agra, built by Timur's Persianised descendants, the ruling Mughal dynasty of North India. It has been heavily restored.
Gur-e Amir is Persian for "Tomb of the King". This complex contains the tombs of Tamerlane, his sons Shah Rukh and Miran Shah and grandsons Ulugh Beg and Muhammad Sultan. Also honoured with a tomb in the mausoleum is Timur's teacher Sayyid Baraka.
Construction of the mausoleum began in 1403 after the sudden death of Muhammad Sultan, Tamerlane's heir and his beloved grandson, for whom it was intended. Timur had built himself a smaller tomb in Shahrisabz near his Ak-Saray palace. However, when Timur died in 1405 whilst on campaign on a military expedition to China, the passes to Shahrisabz were snowed in, so he was buried here instead. Ulugh Beg, another grandson of Tamerlane, completed the work. During his reign the mausoleum became the family crypt of the Timurid Dynasty.