Blue Mosque
The Blue Mosque is an 18th-century 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 structure from the city’s Iranian period. It was the largest of the eight mosques of Yerevan in the 19th century and is today the only active mosque in Armenia. The mosque was built in 1765–1766 by Hussein Ali Khan, the ruler of the Erivan Khanate under the Afsharid dynasty of Persia.
The mosque was secularized in the 1920s and housed the History Museum of Yerevan for more than five decades. Following Armenia’s independence, the mosque was renovated with the support from the Iranian government and again started operating as a mosque, serving the Iranians residing in Yerevan. The mosque is listed by the Armenian government as a monument of national significance. The mosque complex covers an area of 7,000 square meters. The mosque contains the traditional Shia attributes, including a minaret, three mihrabs (prayer halls), holy inscriptions, etc.
- Name: Blue Mosque
- Location: Yerevan
- Country: Armenia
- Area: 7,000 square meters
