Abbas Mirza Mosque, Yerevan
The Abbas Mirza Mosque 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 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.
History
First mosque
The Shah Abbas Mosque, also known as Sardar Mosque, was a 17th-century mosque built in Erivan, during the rule of the Iranian Safavid shah, Abbas the Great. The Shah Abbas Mosque in Ganja, was built at the same time.Along with the Rajab-Pasha Mosque, a Sunni mosque, the Shia Shah Abbas Mosque was one of the two major mosques built inside the walls of the Erivan Fortress. The demise of this mosque is not known.
Second mosque
Between 1807 and 1817, the mosque was rebuilt during the reign of the last khan 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 Qajar. Abbas Mizra was aged approximately 20 years at the time of the mosque's construction, believed to be. The mosque was also built within the Erivan Fortress grounds.The façade of mosque was covered in green and blue glass, reflecting Persian architectural styles.
After the Capture of Erivan by the Russians and their victory in the Russo-Persian War, the mosque was used as an arsenal, and barracks. H. F. B. Lynch described what he saw of the former mosque in his 1901 book:
During the Soviet era, the mosque, along with Christian buildings, was derelict. The only preserved item of the former mosque is the frame of the building.