The mausoleum was built for Amir Husain's mother, and later he himself was buried here.
He is a military and statesman, a ruler Transoxiana, like Timur, bore the title of emir, as he had no khan or shah roots. First Timur's friend and colleague, then his opponent. He was stabbed to death by Timur's colleague after the defeat at the capture of Samarkand with the tacit approval of the latter.