Ruy González de Clavijo
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Ruy González de Clavijo was a Castilian traveler and writer. In 1403–1405, Clavijo was the ambassador of Henry III of Castile to the court of Timur, founder and ruler of the Timurid Empire. A diary of
An imaginary portrait of Ruy González de Clavijo, in a 19th-century engraving
The arrival of the Castilian envoy led by Don Clavijo. Folio from the Malfuzat-i Timuri, Mughal, 19th century
First page of a 16th-century manuscript about the travel
Samarkand
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Samarkand is a major city located in southeastern Uzbekistan and is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. With a population of 882,000 inhabitants in 2026, it is the second-l
Ruy González de Clavijo
…Sea and arrived in Trebizond on 11 April. The original intention was to meet with Timur in Georgia, but the conqueror had already left for his capital, Samarkand. Following Timur, the ambassadors passed through Erzincan, Erzurum, Khoy, Tabriz, Soltaniyeh, Tehran, Bastam, Nishapur, Mashhad, Andkhoy, Balkh, Termez…
Registan Square Samarkand
Shrineof Amir Timur
Shohi Zinda majmuasi
Mausolées du groupe central