The construction of the mosque began in 1399, at a site chosen by Tamerlane.
There is a popular belief that childless women will bear children after a visit to the Bibi Khanym Mosque.
Bibi-Khanym was Tamerlane’s senior queen. According to legend, it was Bibi Khanym who ordered that the building of the mosque to please her husband when he came victorious from his campaign in India. However, historians believe that the Mosque was built on Tamerlane’s order.
Bibi-Khanym was Tamerlane’s senior queen. According to legend, it was Bibi Khanym who ordered that the building of the mosque to please her husband when he came victorious from his campaign in India. However, historians believe that the Mosque was built on Tamerlane’s order. According to Clavijo, who was an ambassador of Henry III of Castile to Tamerlane’s court writes that Tamerlane wanted to erect the mosque in honor of his wife’s mother, a fact which could not be authenticated. The construction of the mosque began in 1399, at a site chosen by Tamerlane. There is a popular belief that childless women will bear children after a visit to the Bibi Khanym Mosque.