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The '''Blue Mosque''' ({{langx|hy|Կապույտ Մզկիթ}}; {{langx|fa|مسجد کبود}}) is an 18th-century AzerbaijaniPersian [[Shia Islam|Shia]] mosque in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]]. It was commissioned by [[Hoseyn Ali Khan]], the khan of the Iranian [[Erivan Khanate]]. It is one of the oldest extant structures in [[Kentron District|central Yerevan]] and the most significant structure from the city's [[Iranian Armenia (1502–1828)|Iranian period]]. It was the largest of the eight mosques of Yerevan in the 19th century and is the only active mosque in Armenia today.
 
The mosque was secularized in the 1920s and housed the [[Yerevan History Museum|History Museum of Yerevan]] for more than five decades. Following Armenia's independence, the mosque was renovated with support from the Iranian government and again started operating as a mosque, serving the [[Islam in Armenia|Muslims residing in Armenia]].
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