The Soltan Bakht Agha mausoleum( fa, آرامگاه سلطان بخت آقا) is a historical mausoleum in Isfahan,

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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

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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

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to gain an influence in the court of Mozaffarids and to cause a rift among the

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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

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{{reflist Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century Mausoleums in Isfahan Muzaffarids (Iran)

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