According to legends, the tombstone of Timur has an inscriptions which says: “When I Rise From the Dead, The World Shall Tremble”. In year 1941, Joseph Stalin ordered the opening of the tomb of Timur. Russian anthropologist by the name Mikhail Gerasimov was given the task of exhumation. Tamerlane’s tomb was actually opened on June 20, 1941 which immediately filled the mausoleum with a choking odor of frankincense, rose, camphor and resin. Initially it was thought that it was the smell of different curses but later it was found that the smell was actually from oils used for embalming. It is being said that there was another inscription inside the tomb which said, ‘Whosoever Disturbs My Tomb Will Unleash an Invader More Terrible than I’. It is being said that three elderly people and Muslim clergy warned Mikhail Gerasimov about the wrath of the cruse but it was completely ignored. The three old men also warned him that curse will take effect within 3 days from the date when the tomb will be opened and that wrath will befall the land of those who open the tomb. Nazi Germany under the command of Adolf Hitler invaded Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, exactly two days after Tamerlane’s tomb was opened and the remains of Timur were sent to Moscow. After numerous defeats at the hands of Germans, Stalin eventually ordered that the remains of Timur be returned to his tomb with full Islamic burial rights. This is exactly what was done on December 20, 1942 and Tamerlane’s remains were returned to his tomb at Samarkand. Shortly after Timur’s remains were put back in his tomb with full Islamic burial, German forces surrendered and the Soviets won the Battle of Stalingrad which till date, remains one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. . 📍Gur-e-Amir, Samarqand, Oʻzbekiston (Самарканд, Ўзбекистон) 🇺🇿 . . . . . . . . . #instatravel #traveler #globetrotter #nofilter #TFLers #TagsForLikes #instadaily #photoodtheday #POTD #igersmy #igersmalaysia #livefolk #travel3sixty #airasia #cntraveler #lonelyplanet #wanderlust #passionpassport #vsco #vscogood #huffpostgram #projectvacation #anewbreedoftraveller #nationalgeographic #uzbekistan #centralasia #madrasah #mosque #islam