khajeh Nezam ol-molk

 Tombs of Seljuk kings and khajeh Nezam ol-molk

The author of the book majmal ot tavarikh val Ghesas (the summary of Histories and tales) written in 1125, time close to the death of malikshah, quotes; the burial places of the Seljuk rulers are; king toghrul in Rey, Alb Arsalan in mery, malikshah in Esfahan and in a school built by his order, Barkiyaruq in Esfahan and sultan sanjar in Merv, sultan Mahmud passed away in Hamadan and was buried in Esfahan and sultan Mohammad Ibn –malikshah is buried in Esfahan.

The eternal resting place of most of the Seljuk kings is inside a quarter nowadays known as dalbeti, formerly dar ol-bettikh meaning vegetables Bazar.

There are six tombstones left in this garden tomb that are not of the Seljuk period, and there is no inscription carved to say whose they were. There are six tombstones left in this garden tomb that are not of the Seljuk period, and there is no inscription carved to say whose they were.

The only large marble stone nearby is adjacent to another marble gravestone belonging to malikshah the Seljuk on which the two words khajeh and ol-molk are clearly legible. One of the graves there must belong to Tarkan khatun, mailshah’s queen, who died mysteriously in 1094 and was buried beside khajeh Nezam ol-molk and malikshah.