Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque in yerevan”. Today it says “an 18th-century iranian twelver shia mosque”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “18th century Persian mosque in Yerevan”. It now reads “18th century Persian mosque in Yerevan, Armenia”.
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18th century Persian mosque in Yerevan, Armenia For other uses, see Blue Mosque (disambiguation) . The Blue Mosque ( Armenian : Կապույտ մզկիթ ; Persian : مسجد کبود ) is an 18th-century Persian Twelver Shia mosque , located in Yerevan , in modern-day Armenia . It was commissioned by Hoseyn Ali Khan , the khan of the Iranian Erivan Khanate . It is one of the oldest extant structures in central Yerevan and the most significant structure from the city's Iranian period . It was the largest of the eight mosques of Yerevan in the 19th century and is the only active mosque in Armenia today. The mosque was secularized in the 1920s and housed the History Museum of Yerevan for more than five decades. Following Armenia's independence, the mosque was renovated with support from the Iranian government and again started operating as a mosque, serving the Muslims residing in Armenia .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The "Blue Mosque" , also known as the "Gök Jami", ( , Kapuyt Mzkit or Գյոյ Մզկիթ , Gyoy Mzkit ; , Masjed-e Kabud ), is a mosque in Yerevan , Armenia . The Yerevan region was under various Muslim rulers since the incursions of Timur in the 14th century. Since the second third of the 18th century, when it had been taken from the Ottomans, it had been a province of Iran (ruled successively by Nadir Shah, Karim Khan Zand and the dynasty from the Qajar tribe) before it fell to Russia in 1827.
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The Blue Mosque ( , Kapuyt Mzkit ; Masjed-e Kabud , ), is a mosque in Yerevan , Armenia .During the Soviet era, because of atheist policy, the Mosque stopped its services and became the Museum of Yerevan.
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The Blue Mosque is an 18th-century Shia mosque in Yerevan , Armenia .It was commissioned by Huseyn Ali Khan, the khan of Erivan .It is one of the oldest extant structures in central Yerevan and the most significant structure from the city's Iranian period .It was the largest of the eight mosques of Yerevan in the 19th century and is today the only active mosque in Armenia.The mosque was secularized in the 1920s and housed the History Museum of Yerevan for more than five decades.Following Armenia's independence, the mosque was renovated with the support from the Iranian government and again started operating as a mosque, serving the Iranians residing in Yerevan.
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18th century Persian mosque in Yerevan For other uses, see Blue Mosque (disambiguation) . The Blue Mosque is an 18th-century Shia mosque in Yerevan , Armenia . It was commissioned by Hoseyn Ali Khan , the khan of the Iranian Erivan Khanate . It is one of the oldest extant structures in central Yerevan and the most significant structure from the city's Iranian period . It was the largest of the eight mosques of Yerevan in the 19th century and is the only active mosque in Armenia today. The mosque was secularized in the 1920s and housed the History Museum of Yerevan for more than five decades. Following Armenia's independence, the mosque was renovated with support from the Iranian government and again started operating as a mosque, serving the Muslims residing in Armenia .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque in yerevan”. Today it says “an 18th-century iranian twelver shia mosque”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “18th century Persian mosque in Yerevan”. It now reads “18th century Persian mosque in Yerevan, Armenia”. Read the current article and compare.
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mosque in yerevan
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an 18th-century iranian twelver shia mosque
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