The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, in the town of Yasi, now Turkestan, was built at the time of Timur (Tamerlane), from 1389 to 1405. In this partly unfinished building, Persian master builders ...

Tombs from that time are called fangshang for their square shapes. The mausoleum contained bed-chambers, sitting halls and temples for the offering of sacrifices to gods or ancestors, and other ...