Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures' has mentioned 'Timur' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| In the 14th century, Timur (Tamerlane) made it the capital of his empire and the site of his mausoleum, the Gur-e Amir. | WIKI |
| In 1370 the conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), the founder and ruler of the Timurid Empire, made Samarkand his capital. | WIKI |
| Timur gained a reputation as a patron of the arts, and Samarkand grew to become the centre of the region of Transoxiana. | WIKI |
| Timur was also directly involved in construction projects, and his visions often exceeded the technical abilities of his workers. | WIKI |
| The city was in a state of constant construction, and Timur would often order buildings to be done and redone quickly if he was unsatisfied with the results. | WIKI |
| "The Mosque which Timur had caused to be built in memory of the mother of his wife...seemed to us the noblest of all those we visited in the city of Samarkand, but no sooner had it been completed than he begun to find fault with its entrance gateway, which he now said was much too low and must forthwith be pulled down. | WIKI |
| Gure Amir (Shrine of Timur and Timurids) Aqsaray Timurids Mausoleum Bibi Khanum Mausoleum Ishratkhana Mausoleum Makhsum Baba Mausoleum | WIKI |
| Timur initiated the building of Bibi Khanum after his 1398xe2x80x931399 campaign in India. | WIKI |
| Bibi Khanum originally had about 450 marble columns, which were hauled there and set up with the help of 95 elephants that Timur had brought back from Hindustan. | WIKI |
| Despite the devastation wrought by Mongols to Samarkand's pre-Timurid Islamic architecture, under Timur these architectural styles were revived, recreated, and restored. | WIKI |
| Timur built his tents from more-durable materials, such as bricks and wood, but their purposes remained largely unchanged. | WIKI |
| The dominant architectural color is blue, which Timur used to convey a broad range of concepts. | WIKI |