The Soltan Bakht Agha mausoleum( fa, آرامگاه سلطان بخت آقا) is a historical
mausoleum in
Isfahan,
Iran
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. Soltan Bakht Agha was
Shah Sheykh Abu Esshaq's niece. Shah Sheykh Abu Esshaq was a handsome, good-natured but ill-fated
King
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in the 14th century, who was contemporaneous with
Hafez
Khwāje Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī ( fa, خواجه شمسالدین محمّد حافظ شیرازی), known by his pen name Hafez (, ''Ḥāfeẓ'', 'the memorizer; the (safe) keeper'; 1325–1390) and as "Hafiz", ...
.
After the murder of her uncle by
Mozaffarids, Soltan Bakht Agha decided to marry
Mubariz al-Din Muhammad
Mubariz al-Din Muhammad (1301-1363) ( fa, مبارز الدین محمد), was the founder of the Muzaffarid dynasty, ruling from 1314 to 1358. He was a Persian of Yemeni origins, which settled in Khurasan during the Islamic conquest. He was the ...
to gain an influence in the court of Mozaffarids and to cause a rift among the
prince
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s. Her brother-in-law, Jalaleddin, helped her with it. After a while Mubariz al-Din Muhammad realized his wife's intrigues and ordered to kill her. After the killing of Soltan Bakht Agha by Mubariz al-Din Muhammad, Jalaleddin captured Isfahan and ordered to build a splendid mausoleum on her
tomb
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.
See also
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History of Persian domes
Persian domes or Iranian domes have an ancient origin and a history extending to the modern era. The use of domes in ancient Mesopotamia was carried forward through a succession of empires in the Greater Iran region.
An ancient tradition of roya ...
References
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Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century
Mausoleums in Isfahan
Muzaffarids (Iran)