Dorus Saodat Complex

The Dorus Saodat complex ("Repository of Power") was intended for the entire Temurid dynasty and was built after the sudden death of Temur's beloved son, Jahongir, in 1376. After his death, Jahongir's body was transported from Samarkand to Shakhrisabz, the historical homeland of his ancestors.

A few years later, Temur called together the best architects from Khorezm and ordered them to build the Mausoleum of Jahongir over the prince's grave. The chronicler of Temur's court, Sharafiddin Yazdi, wrote: "On the left and right sides of the facade of the building, he ordered that the makbarat (tombs) and the new khazira buildings be built for Emirzade Jahongir and other descendants and members of the aristocracy."

Temur's second son, Umarshayh (Omar Sheikh), who was killed in 1393-1394 at the age of 29 during the siege of the Kurd fortress in Iran, was also buried in the Dorus Saodat complex. Temur also ordered the construction of a tomb for him, the Mausoleum of Omar Sheikh. But to this day, only the crypt of Amir Temur has survived, which has remained empty, because fate decreed that the great ruler was buried in Gur-Emir in Samarkand.

The buildings of the Dorus Saodat complex were destroyed after the troops of the Sheibanid ruler Abdullahan II entered the city in the second half of the 16th century. Of all the buildings, only the mausoleum of Jahongir and the crypt of Amir Temur have been preserved. In the middle of the nineteenth century. A multi-room Khazri Imam mosque was built next to it with a vaulted ceiling in the hall and decorated with an aivan.