Gur-e-Amir, Timur's tomb
A tomb opened three days before war — hence the curse legend
The ribbed turquoise dome was built for Timur's grandson, but in 1405 the conqueror himself was laid here under a slab of dark green jade. Soviet scientists opened the crypt on 19 June 1941, giving rise to a curse legend, and Mikhail Gerasimov rebuilt Timur's face from his skull.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1389 Battle of Kosovo — 15 years earlier
- 1397 Kalmar Union — 7 years earlier
- 1414–1418 Council of Constance — 10 years later
- 1415 Battle of Agincourt — 11 years later
- 1419–1434 Hussite Wars — 15 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1380 Battle of Kulikovo — 24 years earlier
- 1410 Battle of Grunwald — 6 years later
- c. 1411 Andrei Rublev's Trinity — 7 years later
- 1425–1453 Muscovite War of Succession — 21 years later
Middle East
- 1402 Battle of Ankara — 2 years earlier
Africa
- 1415 Portuguese capture Ceuta — 11 years later
Alive at the time
- Timur (aged 68)
- Johannes Gutenberg (aged 4)
- Ibn Khaldun (aged 72)
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (aged 46)
- Andrei Rublev (aged 44)
- Sigismund (aged 36)
- Zheng He (aged 33)
- Henry V (aged 18)
- Sejong the Great (aged 7)
- Charles VII (aged 1)