Abbas Mirza Mosque ( armenian Աբաս Միրզայի մզկիթ ( Abas Mirzayi Mzkit ' ), Pers. مسجد عباس میرزا مسجد عباس میرزا, Azerbaijani Abbas Mirzə məscidi Abbas Mirzə was from Turkey . The mosque was built in the nineteenth century by Abbas Mirza Kovanly-Kajar . The facade of the mosque was covered with green and blue glass, reflecting Persian architectural styles. After the capture of Yerevan by Russians, the mosque was turned into a barracks. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
In Soviet times, the mosque, along with other religious buildings - Armenian churches, temples and monasteries, was abandoned, and until recently only one of the walls of the mosque remained intact. [6] [7]
| Mosque | |
| Mosque of Abbas Mirza | |
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| arm Աբաս Միրզայի մզկիթ , azerba . Abbas Mirzə məscidi , pers. مسجد عباس میرزامسجد عباس میرزا, | |
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| A country |  Armenia |
| City |  Yerevan |
| Coordinates | |
| Current, school | Shiite |
| Type of mosque | Juma mosque |
| Architectural style | Persian architecture |
| Building | 1810 - 1988 |
| Status | Lost |
| condition | Lost |
The remains of a mosque in 1925. Photographer Fridtjof Nansen
See also
- Blue Mosque Yerevan
- Shah Abbas Mosque, Yerevan
Links
- ↑ (Russian) Chopin, Historical monuments of the Armenian oblast, p. 867
- ↑ (Armenian) Gevont Alishan, Ayrarat (Այրարատ) , p. 311
- ↑ Harry FB Lynch, Armenia, travels and studies, Volume 1, Longman, green and co., 1901, Harvard University, p. 283
- ↑ (Armenian) Yervand Shahaziz, The Old Yerevan (Հին Երևանը) , pp. 34-35, 182, էջ 34-35, 182
- ↑ (Armenian) Adam Adamyants, Topography of Yerevan (Տեղագրութիւն Երեւանի) , Yerevan, 1889, pp. 38-39
- ↑ European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) report for Armenia
- ↑ 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