Soltaniyeh, located some 240 kilometres (150 mi) to the north-west ofTehran, was built as the capital of MongolIlkhanid rulers ofIran in the 14th century. Its name which refers to theIslamic ruler titlesultan translates loosely as "the Regal". Soltaniyeh was visited byRuy González de Clavijo, who reported that the city was a hub of silk exportation.[6]
William Dalrymple notes thatÖljaitü intended Soltaniyeh to be "the largest and most magnificent city in the world" but that it "died with him" and is now "a deserted, crumbling spread of ruins."[7]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,864 in 1,649 households,[8] when it was capital of the formerSoltaniyeh District ofAbhar County.[9] The following census in 2011 counted 7,116 people in 2,013 households.[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 7,638 people in 2,319 households,[3] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment ofSoltaniyeh County. Soltaniyeh was transferred to the newCentral District as the county's capital.[5]
Hatef Naiemie, Atri (2020). "The Ilkhanid City of Sultaniyya: Some Remarks on the Citadel and the Outer City".Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies:1–30.doi:10.1080/05786967.2020.1744469.
^abسرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Zanjan Province].مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived fromthe original(Excel) on 27 April 2022. Retrieved25 June 2025.
^Soltaniyeh can be found atGEOnet Names Server, atthis link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3081931" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^abRahimi, Mohammad Reza (19 June 2013) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1392/03/29 (Iranian Jalali calendar)].اصلاحات تقسیماتی در استان زنجان [Divisional reforms in Zanjan province].مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian).وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior].هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers].پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 131110/42/4/1. Archived fromthe original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved25 June 2025.
^سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Zanjan Province].مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived fromthe original(Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved25 June 2025.
^Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)].تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان زنجان به مرکزیت شهر زنجان [Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of the national divisions of Zanjan province, centered in Zanjan city].لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian).وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior].کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board].شناسه [ID] 965C7B0D-32D4-4BC6-A126-65D28CD02436.شماره دوره [Course number] 69,شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived fromthe original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved25 June 2025.
^سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Zanjan Province].Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian).مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived fromthe original(Excel) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved25 June 2025.
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