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The opening as it read in 2020
Destroyed mosque in Armenia Remains of mosque in 1925. Photographer Fridtjof Nansen Abbas Mirza Mosque ( ( Abas Mirzayi mzkit' ), , ) was a nineteenth-century Shia mosque in Yerevan , Armenia .1Abbas 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. The mosque was turned into barracks after it was conquered by Russian troops. During the Soviet era the mosque, along with Christian buildings, was derelict and currently only the frame of the mosque has been preserved.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Abbas Mirza Mosque ( , ) was a 19th century Persian mosque in Yerevan , Armenia . This mosque was built in the beginning of the 19th century, during the reign of the last khan of Erivan Khanate Huseyn-khan. It was a Shia mosque and was called “Abbas Mirza Jami” after the Persian crown prince Abbas Mirza , the son of Fat′h-Ali Shah . The façade of mosque was covered by green and blue glasses, which is usually founded in Persian and Arabic architectures. After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, the mosque was used as an arsenal. The mosque was turned into barracks after it was conquered by Russian troops. During Soviet times the mosque, along with other religious structures - Armenian churches, temples and monasteries was derelict and currently only the frame of the mosque has been preserved. .
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Abbas Mirza Mosque ( ( Abas Mirzayi mzkit' ), , ) 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 of 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, which reflecting Persian and Arab architectural styles. After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, the mosque was used as an arsenal. The mosque was turned into barracks after it was conquered by Russian troops.
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Destroyed mosque in Armenia 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. The mosque was turned into barracks after it was conquered by Russian troops. During the Soviet era, the mosque, along with Christian buildings, was derelict and currently only the frame of the mosque has been preserved.
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Destroyed mosque in Armenia 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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a 19th century persian mosque in yerevan
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seventeenth-century twelver shia islam mosque
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