Abbas Mirza Mosque, Yerevan

Abbas Mirza Mosque (Armenian: Աբաս Միրզայի մզկիթ (Abas Mirzayi mzkit'), Persian: مسجد عباس میرزا‎, Azerbaijani: Abbas Mirzə məscidi) was a nineteenth-century Shia mosque in Yerevan, Armenia. Abbas Mirza the eighteenth century, the castle was built by the mosque in Yerevan. This mosque was built at the beginning of the nineteenth century, during the reign of the last khan (governor) of the Erivan Khanate, Huseyn Khan. It was named Abbas Mirza Jami, after the Persian crown prince Abbas Mirza, the son of Fat′h-Ali Shah. The façade of mosque was covered in green and blue glass, reflecting Persian architectural styles. After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, the mosque was used as an arsenal.[1][2][3][4][5] The mosque was turned into barracks after it was conquered by Russian troops.

Abbas Mirza Mosque
Աբաս Միրզայի մզկիթ
مسجد عباس میرزا
Abbas Mirzə məscidi
Illustration from 1917
Religion
AffiliationIslam
RiteTwelver Shia
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusMosque (1810-1988)
Location
Location Yerevan, Armenia
Geographic coordinates40.171806°N 44.503611°E / 40.171806; 44.503611
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleIslamic, Iranian architecture
Completed1810s
Minaret(s)0
Remains of mosque in 1925. Photographer Fridtjof Nansen

During the Soviet era the mosque, along with Christian buildings, was derelict and currently only the frame of the mosque has been preserved.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. (in Russian) Chopin, Historical monuments of the Armenian oblast (Исторический памятник Армянской области), p. 867
  2. (in Armenian) Gevont Alishan, Ayrarat (Այրարատ), p. 311
  3. Harry F.B. Lynch, Armenia, travels and studies, Volume 1, Longman, green and co., 1901, Harvard University, p. 283
  4. (in Armenian) Yervand Shahaziz, The Old Yerevan (Հին Երևանը), pp. 34-35, 182, էջ 34—35, 182
  5. (in Armenian) Adam Adamyants, Topography of Yerevan (Տեղագրութիւն Երեւանի), Yerevan, 1889, pp. 38-39
  6. European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) report for Armenia
  7. All historical and architectural, cultural and religious buildings in the territory of the Republic of Armenia in the official Website of the Government of the Republic of Armenia
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