Shakhrisyabz
Shakhrisyabz
orShakhrisabz
(shärēsäbz`), city (1989 pop. 52,976), NE Qashqadaryo region, Uzbekistan. Metalworking, silk milling, and food processing are among the local industries. Anciently known as Kesh, the city was the birthplace of TimurTimuror Tamerlane
, c.1336–1405, Mongol conqueror, b. Kesh, near Samarkand. He is also called Timur Leng [Timur the lame]. He was the son of a tribal leader, and he claimed (apparently for the first time in 1370) to be a descendant of Jenghiz Khan.
..... Click the link for more information. and he chose it as the site for a summer palace. Remains of its gates and a Timurid mausoleum complex survive.