Tughluq Timur Mausoleum
The Tughluq Timur Mausoleum or Tughluq Temür Mausoleum etc. ( Chinese 吐 虎 鲁克 • 铁木尔 汗 麻扎 , Pinyin Tǔhǔlǔkè Tiěmù'ěr hán mázhā , English Tughluq Temür Mausoleum / Tughluq Tömur Khan mazar / etc. ) Im circle Huocheng Autonomous region Xinjiang , people's Republic of China , is the grave ( mazar ) of Chagatai Khan Tughluq Timur († 1363 ).
Timur Khan was a 7th generation descendant of Genghis Khan ; this tomb is the only tomb of Islamic design from the time of the Mongol dynasty (Yuan dynasty) in Xinjiang . It is more than six hundred years old and made of glazed bricks ( youzhuan ) that are said to have brought dozens of camels from Central Asia.
The mausoleum has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-194) since 2001 .
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Coordinates: 44 ° 14 ′ 25 ″ N , 80 ° 31 ′ 59 ″ E