Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi, known as Roknolmolk, (1839–1914) was a poet and viceroy of Isfahan during the Qajar era.[1] He was also the secretary of the governor of Fars province.[2] Roknolmolk is also the founder of the mosque named after him and Mohammad Jafar Abadei Tekyeh, both sites located in Isfahan.[1]

Biography
Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi was born in 1839, to a family who descended from one of Shah Ismail I's commanders.[2] In 1886, he became the secretary to Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan, who was governor of Isfahan and Fars.[2] During his time as a secretary, he established a factory, which was a printing press, where copies of the Qur'an were printed alongside some other books such as Ibn al-Qayyim's Za'd al-Ma'ad.[2] He also founded a mosque which was named after him and a tekyeh for a Shi'ite cleric, Mohammed Ja'far Abadei.[1]

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.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "رکن الملک (سلیمان)".
- ^ a b c d e "رکن الملک، شیرازِ اصفهان". virgool.io. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-02.