Roknolmolk

Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi, known as Roknolmolk, (1839–1914) was a poet and viceroy of Isfahan during the Qajar period. He was also the secretary of the governor of Fars Province. 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 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.