Abbas Mirza Mosque, Yerevan
Also known as: Abbas Mirza Mosque, Yerevan
destroyed mosque in Yerevan, Armenia
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Overview
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The Abbas Mirza Mosque was a Shia mosque in the Kentron district of Yerevan, on Argishti Street. It was completed in the early 19th century and built in the Qajar architectural tradition. It takes its name from Abbas Mirza, the Qajar crown prince and son of Fath Ali Shah. According to the sources, its facade was covered with green and blue glass and reflected Persian architectural style. The building no longer stands, having been destroyed during the Soviet period.
History
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The mosque was built in the early 19th century, during the reign of the last khan of the Erivan Khanate. After Russian forces took control of Erivan in 1827, the building was first used as an arms depot and later converted into barracks. It was abandoned in the Soviet period and subsequently destroyed.
From Wikipedia
The Abbas Mirza Mosque (Armenian: Աբաս Միրզայի մզկիթ, romanized: Abas Mirzayi mzkit; Persian: مسجد عباس میرزا) was a seventeenth-century Twelver Shia Islam mosque, that was located in what is modern-day Yerevan, Armenia.
Prior to the mosque's construction, a 17th-century mosque existed on the same site. Rebuilt in c. 1817 in the period of Qajar Iran, due to the neglect of first the Tsarist and then the Soviet authorities, the mosque gradually fell into disrepair, constant looting disfigured the interior and façade, and the remains of the mosque were finally demolished in the late 1980s.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas-Mirza-Moschee_(Jerewan)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Mirza_Mosque,_Yerevan
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Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B7%D1%8B
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Mirza_Camii
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF