Inside there is a tomb on which there is an inscirption as follows:
"This is the holy rock, built by the grand lady, Soltan Bakht Agha, daughter of Amir Khosroe-Shah. May God continue to bless her after her death" - translated in Honarfar, p33.
Soltan Bakht Agha was the niece of Sheikh Abu Ishaq Inju, who had ruled Isfahan prior to the coming of the Muzaffarids. She was married to the son of the incoming ruler, Qutb Al-Din, but stirred up trouble between himself and his brother Jalal Al-Din, following their father's death and may have attempted to betray Isfahan. which had been given to her husband, to her brother-in-law. Her husband heard of the plot and had her executed, but he still lost Isfahan to his brother in 1375, and it may be that it was at the orders of Jalal Al-Din that this splendid monument was erected to honour the woman who had tried to help him and at the same time avenge her uncle's death.
East
through the narrow streets to Shahshahan.
South through the bazaar to the Masjed-e-Jomeh.
West through the narrow streets to the Darb-e-Imam.
North
through the bazaar to the Dome of Avicenna
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