Location Yerevan, Armenia Rite Twelver Shia Completed 1810s Number of minarets 0 | Affiliation Islam Ecclesiastical or organizational status Mosque (1810-1988) Architectural style Islamic architecture Architectural type Mosque | |
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Similar Erivan Fortress, Red Bridge - Yerevan, Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of, Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Church of the Intercessi | ||
Abbas Mirza Mosque (Armenian: Աբաս Միրզայի մզկիթ (Abas Mirzayi mzkit'), Persian: مسجد عباس میرزا, Azerbaijani: Abbas Mirzə məscidi) 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 (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.