Born in 1394, Ulugh Beg was the grandson of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), whom he often accompanied on military campaigns. When Ulugh Beg was around 8 years old, Temur took him to ...

The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, in the town of Yasi, now Turkestan, was built at the time of Timur (Tamerlane), from 1389 to 1405. In this partly unfinished building, Persian master builders ...

Many associated this with the discovery of the tomb of Tamerlane. Panic broke out in Samarkand. The expedition was urgently curtailed, the remains of Timur were sent for research to Moscow.