Shah Abbas Mosque, Yerevan
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The Shah Abbas Mosque was a 17th-century mosque in
Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...
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. It was built during the rule of the Iranian
Safavid Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...
king (Shah) Abbas I (the Great). The Shah Abbas Mosque in
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, was built at the same time.


See also

* Abbas Mirza Mosque, Yerevan *
Blue Mosque, Yerevan The Blue Mosque is an 18th-century Persian Shia mosque in Yerevan, Armenia. It was commissioned by Huseyn Ali Khan, the khan of the Iranian Erivan Khanate. It is one of the oldest extant structures in central Yerevan and the most significant str ...
Persian-Caucasian architecture Mosques in Armenia Safavid architecture Monuments and memorials in Armenia Armenia–Iran relations Destroyed mosques 17th-century mosques 17th-century establishments in Iran {{europe-mosque-stub