Roknolmolk

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]

An illustration of a Qajar official on silk canvas, theorised to have been a depiction of Roknolmolk

Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi
A late 19th century portrait of Roknolmolk
Roknolmolk (Support of the Sovereignty)
Born	1839
Died	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

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's tomb inside his mosque

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

• Qajar
• Rabee al-Madakhali