Abbas Mirza MosqueԱբաս Միրզայի մզկիթ - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Abbas Mirza MosqueԱբաս Միրզայի մզկիթ - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Abbas Mirza Mosque (; ; ) was a nineteenth-century Shia mosque in Yerevan, Armenia. Abbas Mirza, in the eighteenth century, the castle was built near 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 Qajar 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 Erivan by the Russians, the mosque was used as an arsenal. Chopin, Historical monuments of the Armenian oblast (Исторический памятник Армянской области), p. 867 Gevont Alishan, Ayrarat (Այրարատ), p. 311Harry F.B. Lynch, Armenia, travels and studies, Volume 1, Longman, green and co., 1901, Harvard University, p. 283 Yervand Shahaziz, The Old Yerevan (Հին Երևանը), pp. 34-35, 182, էջ 34—35, 182 Adam Adamyants, Topography of Yerevan (Տեղագրութիւն Երեւանի), Yerevan, 1889, pp. 38-39 Read more on Wikipedia
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