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Budapest, Hungary, 07.06.2026, EHF Final4 Women's Handball - CSM Bucuresti vs Brest Bretagne Handball ( 32 - 26 ) - 3'rd place game
Wespenspinne (Argiope bruennichi)
(c) Birgit Kollet
Uzbekistan
Samarkand
Gur-e Amir means "Tomb of the King" in Persian. This architectural complex with its azure dome contains the tombs of Timur Lenk, his sons Shah Rukh and Miran Shah and grandsons Ulugh Beg and Muhammad Sultan. Also honoured with a place in the tomb is Timur's teacher Sayyid Baraka.
The earliest part of the complex was built at the end of the 14th century by the orders of Muhammad Sultan. Now only the foundations of the madrasah and khanqah, the entrance portal and a part of one of four minarets remains.
The construction of the mausoleum itself began in 1403 after the sudden death of Muhammad Sultan, Timur's heir apparent 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 on campaign on his military expedition to China, the passes to Shahrisabz were snowed in, so he was buried here instead. Ulugh Beg, another grandson of Timur, completed the work. During his reign the mausoleum became the family crypt of the Timurid dynasty.
