Gur-i Mir Mausoleum, Samarqand, Uzbekistan
Timur built this mausoleum for his grandson Muhammad Sultan, who died at battle in 1403. Timur was himself buried in the mausoleum in 1405. The last of Timur’s family to be buried at Gur-i Mir was Ulugh Beg.
Transliteration of the kufic in the pattern.
الله
Allah
محمد
Muhammad
Pattern on minarets
Transliteration of the kufic in the pattern.
الله اكبر
Allah akhbar
Kufic squares inside the mausoleum
الحمد لله - محمد
al hamdu lillahi (quadruple) - Muhammad (twice in center)
محمد
Muhammad
(quadruple)