A 16th century map of the city of Soltaniyeh by Ottoman Nasuh. Mongol Ilkhanate ruler Oljaitu also known as Mohammad Khodabandeh intended Soltaniyeh to be the largest and most magnificent city in the world.

A 16th century map of the city of Soltaniyeh and the blue dome of the Soltaniyeh Mosque by Ottoman Nasuh. Soltaniyeh is the capital of Soltaniyeh District of Abhar County, Zanjan Province, Iran.

Qazvin, the once blue Soltaniyeh Dome is the tomb of the Ilkhanate Oljaitu who converted to Islam and took the name Mohammad Khodabandeh. Soltaniyeh remains the best known monument of Ilkhanate Persia.

The 200 tons Soltaniye Dome Abhar was built between 1305-1312 AD during Soltan Mohammad Khodabandeh (Oljaitu) reign

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