Sultaniyya

Text taken from: Silk Road Cities. Documented through photographs, prints and postcards.

Soltaniyeh, دهستان سلطانیه, بخش مرکزی, Soltanieh County, Zanjan (provincie), Iran Soltaniyeh, دهستان سلطانیه, بخش مرکزی, Soltanieh County, Zanjan (provincie), Iran

Sultaniyya, present-day Iran

The Mongol city of Sultaniyya in present-day Iran was founded around 1285 by the Ilkhan Arghun (1258-1291) and dedicated as the capital by his son, Sultan Öljeytü in 1313.

Mausoleum of Sultan Öljeytü

Mosque of Sultan Öljeytü

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