Author Topic: Blue Mosque in Armenia (Read 2439 times)

Moso · « **on:** December 11, 2011, 12:34:51 AM »

An historic mosque that is located in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the only mosque in Armenia and was recently renovated as a result of Armenia/Iran government partnership. It's rather beautiful mosque.

Pasdar · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2011, 07:59:48 AM »

They tile architecture is very Iranian style, thx for sharing.

lulldapull · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2011, 09:51:53 AM »

Armenian citizens of Iranian heritage are the only ones allowed to have a mosque in Armenia.......my friend Artak told me while driving by this mosque in downtown Yerevan back in November.

Yerevan is a beautiful city........lots to do......I wish some good chelo kebabi move from Teheran to Yerevan so we can eat some good kebab there.....

.....But its coming........every year I have gone to Yerevan, I see more and more Iranians and Iranian things there.

Driving to Tabriz from Yerevan is a good 4 -5 hrs!

ReturnOfJackson · « **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2011, 10:00:44 AM »

Quote from: Pasdar on December 11, 2011, 07:59:48 AM

They tile architecture is very Iranian style, thx for sharing.

Before Russia conquered it, Armenia was a part of Iran.

berislac · « **Reply #4 on:** December 11, 2011, 10:47:30 AM »

This Blue Mosque is truly beautiful.

Apollyon · « **Reply #5 on:** December 11, 2011, 11:12:14 AM »

The intricate geometric tile patterns are always my favorite.
IMHO more beautiful than the decorations on many churches and cathedrals. Stained glass with the characters is cute, but I always love the Iranian style of decorating mosques.

Lur · « **Reply #6 on:** December 11, 2011, 08:10:55 PM »

Hayastan and Iran are two historical nations with very good relations and we need to continue this friendship and alliance no matter what we face other wise the two turkic nations bordering us will do everything in their power to split us up and destroy us


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Long Live Hayastan and Iran the last two nations to survive the turkic onslaught

IR.IRAN · « **Reply #7 on:** December 11, 2011, 08:49:42 PM »

Beautiful, thankyou for posting. Armenia is on my list of countries to visit in the near future, might give a visit from Iran next time i go inshallah.

Moso · « **Reply #8 on:** December 12, 2011, 01:05:01 AM »

Thanks for the replies. The people who go to that Mosque are mostly Persians (embassy staff, students, businessmen). Here is a video about the Mosque:


The Festival of Sacrifice at Blue Mosque

Quote from: lulldapull on December 11, 2011, 09:51:53 AM

Armenian citizens of Iranian heritage are the only ones allowed to have a mosque in Armenia.......my friend Artak told me while driving by this mosque in downtown Yerevan back in November.

Yerevan is a beautiful city........lots to do......I wish some good chelo kebabi move from Teheran to Yerevan so we can eat some good kebab there..... .....But its coming........every year I have gone to Yerevan, I see more and more Iranians and Iranian things there.

Driving to Tabriz from Yerevan is a good 4 -5 hrs!

Don't forget the tasty shaulma

k_Alavi · « **Reply #9 on:** December 12, 2011, 12:50:47 PM »

Quote from: ReturnOfJackson on December 11, 2011, 10:00:44 AM

Before Russia conquered it, Armenia was a part of Iran.

And there's a sculpture (or monument or sth) of the Russian general (Paskovic(?)) who defeated Abbas Mirza's troops in early 19th century in Yerevan, or at least that's what I hear. A historical figure for Armenians, I guess.

Moso · « **Reply #10 on:** December 12, 2011, 03:47:07 PM »

Armenia was historically divided among the larger empires in the region (Ottoman, Russian, Persian, Roman, etc). Thus the years when we were independent are deeply valued. The Republic of Armenia is hence a strong accomplishment for all Armenians and we need to protect it by all costs!

Pasdar · « **Reply #11 on:** December 13, 2011, 08:01:42 AM »

I think the ottomans have had most effect on the armenian culture and language, and that the soviets have had most effect on their politics.

Moso · « **Reply #12 on:** December 13, 2011, 04:22:13 PM »

Well Ottomans had a good amount of effect on Armenian culture, though not really in terms of language as most Turkish influences were cleaned from the Armenian language. Soviets did have in my view a big cultural impact on us and even in language, as Eastern Armenians often mix Russians words with their Armenian.

Pasdar · « **Reply #13 on:** December 13, 2011, 09:07:51 PM »

The reason I say this is because I'm quite good at hearing similarities in languages. For example, did you know that Japanese and Turkish are from the same linquistic tree? (I can actually hear the similarity and looked it up after I heard the similarity) [it's called "Altaic"] Also notice that the traditional clothing and dance seen above in the posted video is similar to the Turkish traditional clothing and dance.

Lur · « **Reply #14 on:** December 13, 2011, 09:21:28 PM »

Some traces of Eastern influence survives in Parthian loan words in the Armenian language. Armenian has a long literary history, with a fifth-century Bible translation as its oldest surviving text. Its vocabulary has been heavily influenced by Western Middle Iranian languages, particularly Parthian,The large percentage of loans from Iranian languages initially led linguists to erroneously classify Armenian as an Iranian language. The distinctness of Armenian was only recognized when Hübschmann (1875)[6] used the comparative method to distinguish two layers of Iranian loans from the true Armenian vocabulary.The classical language imported numerous words from Middle Iranian languages, primarily Parthian, and contains smaller inventories of borrowings from Greek, Syriac, Latin, and autochthonous languages such as Urartian. Middle Armenian (11th–15th centuries AD) incorporated further loans from Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Latin, and the modern dialects took in hundreds of additional words from Modern Turkish and Persian. Therefore, determining the historical evolution of Armenian is particularly difficult because Armenian borrowed many words from Parthian and Persian (both Iranian languages) as well as from Greek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_language

Moso · « **Reply #15 on:** December 13, 2011, 09:38:01 PM »

Quote from: Pasdar on December 13, 2011, 09:07:51 PM

The reason I say this is because I'm quite good at hearing similarities in languages. For example, did you know that Japanese and Turkish are from the same linquistic tree? (I can actually hear the similarity and looked it up after I heard the similarity) [it's called "Altaic"] Also notice that the traditional clothing and dance seen above in the posted video is similar to the Turkish traditional clothing and dance.

Well, Armenians are also an Anatolian people, we've lived in Anatolia longer than the Turks even came to region. So I'm sure given the common location there was some cultural exchange, for Turks it's mostly stealing culture from the people around them. What language you think Armenian sounds like?

Former President speaking (typical Eastern Armenian speaking):


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a nice video made by an Iranian for the hero Armenian soldiers:


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Maziar · « **Reply #16 on:** January 03, 2012, 03:04:30 PM »

this looks very beatiful, i love the blue colors mosques use becaus it makes them look diferent than buildings around them and you can see them from far way.

Tabrizi · « **Reply #17 on:** January 03, 2012, 08:09:55 PM »

This mosque was built during period of Irevan Khanate of Azerbaijan. Basically, it was built by Azeris. And it's actual name is "Göy Məscid" which means "Blue Mosque" in Azeri Turkish. This is where the name of this mosque comes from.

Yerevan itself was an Azeri city populated by ethnic Azeri Turks before Russians started to settle Armenians there.

Azeraaxsh · « **Reply #18 on:** January 03, 2012, 09:02:18 PM »

Quote from: Tabrizi on January 03, 2012, 08:09:55 PM

This mosque was built during period of Irevan Khanate of Azerbaijan. Its actual name is "Göy Məscid" which means Blue Mosque in Azeri Turkish.

Yerevan itself was an Azeri city populated by ethnic Azeri Turks before Russians started to settle Armenians there.

First of all Savafid were Iranians like many Iranian dynasties who were from Iran-Zamin with Iranian(Persian) art, custom, traditions and culture in their blood(veins)and not from the fake Azarbademjan republic that you so desperately try to make up glory, fame and history for.
Armenians like Iranians are a very old rooted people of the region, in contrary Azaris and Turks which are from Mongolian tribes they came in the region much much later. So dont try to make myth out of your azarbademjan, if anything Armanians are precedence over your Mongolian rooted people.
Dont try to make stories for your (azarbademjani) inferiority complex against Brave Armenians who beat you in every possible level, and who kicked you out of their land in a vary miserable way.

Tabrizi · « **Reply #19 on:** January 03, 2012, 09:24:28 PM »

Safavids was from Ardebil in Azerbaijan, not Azerbaijan Republic but Azerbaijan neverthless. They were Azeris and spoke Azeri Turkish, including their military. Shah Ismail wrote poems and divans in Azeri language. This is a very well known fact. No one talks about Azerbaijan Republic here, check your eyes please. You cannot falsify history of the Azeri people.

And no one said they weren't Iranian, but if your definition of Iranian are Persian, then you are waay off. Safavids were the ones that established Iran, if there would not be Safavids, there wouldn't be any Iran. And yes we are proud that they were Azeris.

Regarding this mosque, it was built during period of Irevan Khanate, which was an Azeri Khanate. You know, you cannot have an Persian or Armenian Khanate, because Khanate is Turkic. At first I tought it was built by Safavids, but I was wrong. Anyway, the point is, Irevan is historical lands of Azeris.

And thank's for showing your opinion, insulting Azeri people and praising Armenians. You are not only insulting Azerbaijan Republic, you are insulting all of Azeris, you are insulting followers of Imam Ali and talk about Armenians as your brother.

You should remove the avatar pic you are using.

Azeraaxsh · « **Reply #20 on:** January 03, 2012, 10:13:42 PM »

Quote from: Tabrizi on January 03, 2012, 09:24:28 PM

You should remove the avatar pic you are using.

lol
and you should remove your self from this forum. and dont you dare to play victim here like the zionist always do.
You have no business here if you try to spew your hate for Iran and Iranians which results from your inferiority complex and glorification of your tribe in the same line as Elham khnoom the dictator of the fake republic of Zionbademjan .

Understand Tablizi jan!!!

Tabrizi · « **Reply #21 on:** January 03, 2012, 10:22:42 PM »

Why are you calling names?

I was only talking about the origin of this mosque here. You love your Armenian brothers so much that you suddenly felt offended?

Moso · « **Reply #22 on:** January 04, 2012, 06:35:25 AM »

Azeris have chosen Turan and pan-Turkic ideology, which has let Azerbaijan do be involved in the Zionist-Anglo axis. Now Azerbaijan actively works against Iran, it has Israeli as its best ally, it oppresses religious Muslims. It's funny because Azerbaijan always tries to play the religion card and say that war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is war between religion, but actually Azerbaijan is best friends with biggest anti-Muslim country that has killed most Muslims (Israel).

Don't be fooled by Azeri lies and hypocrisy.

mohsin · « **Reply #23 on:** January 04, 2012, 06:49:37 AM »

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Safavids were the ones that established Iran

wow amazing. you just can not twist the history more then that.

Tabrizi · « **Reply #24 on:** January 04, 2012, 02:14:42 PM »

Quote from: mohsin on January 04, 2012, 06:49:37 AM

wow amazing. you just can not twist the history more then that.

Please go and learn history.

Safavids first of all were the ones that made Persian population and Iran Shia.

Secondly, modern-day Iran was splitted into many parts, Safavids conqured modern-day Iran and established one state, the Shia Safavid state, which later became Iran.

Safavids defended Iran against Sunni Ottomans and Sunni Uzbeks. If not for Safavids, there would not be Iran now, it would have been a territority splitted between Ottomans and Uzbeks, simple as that.