>>3826706The structure was commissioned in 1389 by Timur, who ruled the area as part of the expansive Timurid Empire,[1] to replace a smaller 12th-century mausoleum of the famous Turkic poet and Sufi mystic,[2] Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (1093-1166). However, construction was halted with the death of Timur in 1405.[3]"
Thoughts on Timur?