DOR US SIADAD

The «house of power and will» was built by Timur for Djahangir, his favorite son, who died prematurely in 1375. He was only 22 years old when a horse fell to him. The pain of Timur, which saw in him his successor, was immense and explained the construction of the mausoleum which, if one believed the descriptions of Clavijo, was richly decorated with gold and azure. An Arab proverb appears on the pediment: " The wise acts with noble intentions, while the fool counts on noble intentions. " The cone shaped dome recalls those of the Khorezm. An architecture influenced by craftsmen forced to leave Kounia-Ourgentch, the conquered capital of Khorezm, and to follow Timur in 1379. Timur planned to be buried in Dor US Siadad, but his body finally rested in Samarkand. The whole was largely destroyed by the canton of Bukhara, at the same time as the White Palace. But the mullahs succeeded in saving one part by believing to the Amir that the mausoleum of Djahangir supported that of a saint. Another son of Timur, Omar Sheikh, who died in 1394, was built in the deputy mausoleum.