Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi | |
Titles: | Roknolmolk (Support of the Sovereignty) |
Birth Date: | 1839 |
Death Date: | 1914 |
Major Shrine: | Buried in his tomb at the Roknolmolk Mosque, Isfahan, Iran |
Attributes: | Viceroy of Isfahan under the Qajar government, secretary of the governor of Fars |
Major Works: | Roknolmolk Mosque and Mohammad Jafar Abadei Tekyeh |
Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi, known as Roknolmolk, (1839–1914) was a poet and viceroy of Isfahan during the Qajar period.[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]
Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi was born in 1839, to a family who descended from one of Shah Ismail Safavi's commanders. In 1886, he became the secretary to Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan, 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 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 died in Isfahan during the year 1914. He is buried alongside his wife at the mosque he founded, located near the cemetery of Takht-e Foulad.