Sardar Mosque

Sardar Mosque, built in 1810s, in various sources it is also referred to as “Khan Mosque” and “Abbas Mirza Mosque”.

After the Russian occupation, the mosque was used for various purposes. August von Haxthausen, who was in Iravan in August 1843, confirmed that the Sardar Mosque located in the Iravan fortress was turned into a barracks.

In 1864, after the Russian troops stopped using the Iravan fortress for military purposes, the historical monuments inside the fortress, as well as the Sardar Mosque, were destroyed. In the early 1900s, Armenians migrated from the Ottoman Empire settled in the mosque, and during the Soviet era, the mosque was subjected to destruction. Residential houses were built in its place, and the mosque was completely demolished in November 2014.

Sources:
Ələkbərli Ə., Qərbi Azərbaycan abidələri (Bakı: “Nurlan”, 2007)
Nazim Mustafa, İrəvan xanlığı: Erməni vandallarının yox etdiyi İrəvan məscidləri (Bakı, 2016)
Nazim Mustafa, İrəvan şəhəri (Bakı. 2020)
Frédéric Dubois de Montpéreux, Voyage autour du Caucase, chez les Tcherkesses et les Abkhases, en Colchide, en Géorgie, en Arménie et en Crimée – Volume III (Paris, 1839)
Памятная книжка Эриванской губернии на 1902 год (Эривань: Типография Эдельсонь, 1902)