Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi, known as Roknolmolk, (1839–1914) was a poet and viceroy of

Isfahan Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District (Isfahan County), Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is located south of Tehran. The city ...

during the

Qajar era The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic peoples, Turkic origin,Cyrus G ...

. He was also the secretary of the governor of

Fars province Fars Province or Pars Province, also known as Persis or Farsistan (فارسستان), is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Shiraz. Pars province has an area of 122,400 km2 and is located in Iran's southwest, i ...

. Roknolmolk is also the founder of the mosque named after him and Mohammad Jafar Abadei Tekyeh, both sites located in Isfahan.

Biography

Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi was born in 1839, to a family who descended from one of Shah Ismail I's commanders. In 1886, he became the secretary to

Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan (, "Mass'oud Mirza the Sultan's Shadow"; 5 January 1850 in Tabriz – 2 July 1918 in Isfahan), or Massud Mirza, was an Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty; he was known as the "Yamin-od-Dowleh" ("Right Hand of the Go ...

, who was governor of Isfahan and Fars. During his time as a secretary, he established a factory, which was a printing press, where copies of the

Qur'an The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God ('' Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which consist of individual verses ('). Besides ...

were printed alongside some other books such as Ibn al-Qayyim's Za'd al-Ma'ad. He also founded a mosque which was named after him and a tekyeh for a Shi'ite cleric, Mohammed Ja'far Abadei. Roknolmolk Mosque2021 5

Roknolmolk died in Isfahan in 1914. He is buried alongside his wife at the mosque he founded, located near the cemetery of

Takht-e Foulad The Takht-e Foulad (), also known as Lissanul Arz, is an historical, predominately Islamic, cemetery located in Esfahan, in the province of Isfahan, Iran. It is a large funerary complex that includes several historic mausoleums, mosques, tekyeh ...

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{{reflist 1839 births 1914 deaths 19th-century Iranian politicians People from Shiraz People of Qajar Iran Burials at Takht-e Foulad 19th-century Iranian poets

Biography

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