Blue Mosque (Yerevan)

Armenia / Yerevan / Yerevan / Mashtots Avenue, 12
 mosque, listed building / architectural heritage, historic landmark, 18th century construction, Afshar Empire
The "Blue Mosque", (Armenian: Կապույտ Մզկիթ, Kapuyt Mzkit or Գյոյ Մզկիթ, Gyoy Mzkit; Persian: مسجد کبود, Masjed-e Kabud, Turkish: Gyok Jamii.), is a mosque in Yerevan, Armenia. The region of Yerevan was under various Muslim rule since the incursions of Timur in the 14th century. Since the second third of the 18th century, when it had been taken from the Ottomans, it had been a province of Iran (ruled successively by Nadir Shah, Karim Khan Zand and the dynasty from the Qajar tribe) before it fell to Russia in 1827.

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  1. Иранский культурный центр
  2. انجمن اسلامی دانشجویان ایرانی دانشگاه های ارمنستان
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mosque,_Yerevan
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Coordinates:   40°10'41"N   44°30'19"E
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