Madar-e Soleyman (Persian: مادرسليمان)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Pasargad District[b] of Pasargad County, Fars province, Iran.

It also serves as the administrative center for Madar-e Soleyman Rural District.

[5] The name means "mother of Solomon," the Biblical Bathsheba, from the tomb historically reputed to belong to her (known as the Tomb of Cyrus in modern times).

[citation needed] At the time of the 2006 National Census, Madar-e Soleyman's population was 1,633 in 404 households, when it was a village in Madar-e Soleyman Rural District.

[7] The 2016 census measured the population as 1,546 people in 452 households,[2] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.