Tombs in the foreground, Timurid-style Dome, Pakhlavon Mahmud Mausoleum, Ichon Qala (Itchan Kala), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khiva, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia

Timurid-style Dome, Pakhlavon Mahmud Mausoleum, Ichon Qala (Itchan Kala), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khiva, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia

Children in front of the Shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa, built in the late Timurid style, Balkh (Mother of Cities), Afghanistan, Asia

Four of the six remaining minarets marking the corners of the long gone Madrassa built by the last Timurid ruler Sultan Husain Baiquara, within the Mousallah Complex of Gaur Shad's mausoleum, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

Inside the Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Inside the Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Timurid decoration, main Iwan of the interior courtyard, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Timurid tilework on tower of the Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

The Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Timurid tilework on a tower of The Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Ribbed dome of the mausoleum of Gaur Shad, wife of the Timurid ruler Shah Rukh, son of Tamerlane, The Mousallah Complex, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Unique Timurid corkscrew pillars of the Shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa, Balkh (Mother of Cities), Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

Timurid decoration, main Iwan of the interior courtyard, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Bust of Ulugbek, Timurid ruler and astronomer, died 1449, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia

Well inside the Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

The Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Timurid tilework on a tower of The Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Inside the Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Inside the Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Statue of Amir Timur, also known as Temur and Tamerlane, Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan

Islamic prayer time clocks, Hazrati Imam Mosque, Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan

Floral & geometric patterns of restored Timurid tile mosaics decorate a wall in the courtyard of the Friday Mosque or "Masjid-i Jami", the largest mosque in Herat, dating to 1200 AD, Herat, Afghanistan. Much of the Ghorid and Timurid decorations on the mosque had been badly damaged during the centuries, but a restoration project begun in 1943 continues today.

A guard at Queen Gawhar Shad's mausoleum, stands in front of four tall minarets, once part of a madrassa that was built in the 15th century by the last of the Timurid rulers, in Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan. One of the finest examples of Timurid architecture, the minarets are spectacular remnants of a much larger complex considered to be one of the finest examples of Timurid architecture