Abbas Mirza Mosque, Yerevan

Abbas Mirza Mosque Աբաս Միրզայի մզկիթ مسجد عباس میرزا Abbas Mirzə məscidi
Illustration from 1917
Basic information
Location	Yerevan, Armenia
Geographic coordinates
Affiliation	Islam
Rite	Twelver Shia
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Mosque (1810-1988)
Architectural description
Architectural type	Mosque
Architectural style	Islamic, Iranian architecture
Completed	1810s
Specifications
Minaret(s)	0

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 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.

During the Soviet era the mosque, along with Christian buildings, was derelict and currently only the frame of the mosque has been preserved.

See also

• Blue Mosque, Yerevan
• Shah Abbas Mosque, Yerevan