Samarkand Editorial Image

Uzbek women in traditional clothes in pose for a photo at the Amir Temur Mausoleum, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It is the mausoleum of the asian conqueror Tamerlane, aolso known as Timur. It is important in the history of Turkic-Persian Architecture as the precursor and model for later great Moghul architecture tomb in northern indian dynasty, including Humayun's tomb in Delhi and Taj Mahal in Agra, bu