Hosseinieh Azam Zanjan Mosque


The Hosseinieh Azam Zanjan Mosque of is a Shi'ite mosque and hosseinieh complex, located in the city of Zanjan, in the province of Zanjan, Iran. The mosque and hosseinieh complex was completed in 1878 CE, during the Qajar era. The hosseinieh by contains the tombs of Mirza Muhammad Taqi and Haj Mirza Babai; with the eighth day of Muharram being a nominated day of mourning.

Clique

On the eighth day of Muharram a clique of usually more than 500,000 people is formed and moves from the Hosseinieh Azam Zanjan Mosque and usually ends with the call to Maghrib Athan at the Imamzadeh of Ebarhim. Annually, the clique offers between 13,000 and 800 million tomans from worshippers of the Great Hoseyniyeh of Zanjan.