thereby the creator's glory. The Taj Mahal incorporates and expands on design traditions of  Persian architecture  and earlier Mughal architecture. Specific inspiration came from successful  Timurid  and Mughal buildings including; the  Gur-e Amir  (the tomb of Timur, progenitor of the Mughal dynasty, in  Samarkand   Humayun's Tomb ,  Itmad-Ud-Daulah's Tomb  (sometimes