Husayniyya

A Husayniyya is a building or designated space used primarily by Shia Muslims for religious gatherings, especially during Muharram and Ashura. Husayniyyas share many similarities with in terms of their activities, including congregational prayers, Quran recitation, religious lectures, and other communal religious activities.
Wikipedia
Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Shia
  • Description: ceremonial gathering hall in Shia Islam
  • Also known as: “ashurkhana”, “husayniyya”, “hussainia”, “imambara”, and “Imamibargah”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Polish Cemetery and Christian Cementry.

Cemetery
Photo: H.zamanian54, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Polish War Cemetery in Tehran is a historical cemetery situated in the eastern suburbs of , , part of . is situated 720 metres southwest of Husayniyya.

Cemetery
Photo: GTVM92, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Doulab Cemetery is a historic cemetery situated in the eastern suburbs of , . One of the most important Christian cemeteries, it consists of five sections:… is situated 750 metres southwest of Husayniyya.

Metro station
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is a station of Metro Line 4. It is located in Piruzi street at Cocacolla crossroad next to Kasa Commercial Complex. is situated 1¼ km north of Husayniyya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include District 14 and Piroozi.

Suburb
Photo: Ali Safdarian, CC BY 3.0.
is one of 22 central districts of Tehran Municipality is located in southeast of the , . At the 2010 census, its population was 482,333, in 153,649 families.

Neighborhood
Mehrshahr is an affluent area located south-west of city in , .

Suburb
Photo: matin fattahi, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km north of Husayniyya.

Husayniyya

Latitude
35.67957° or 35° 40′ 47″ north
Longitude
51.47689° or 51° 28′ 37″ east
Open location code
8H7HMFHG+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 467878822
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­shia
Wiki­data ID
Q141140
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Husayniyya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حسينيات”
  • Arabic: “حسينية”
  • Arabic: “حسينيه”
  • Arabic: “مأتم”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hüseyniyyə”
  • Bashkir: “Хөсәйениә”
  • Bengali: “ইমামবাড়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “इमामबाड़ा”
  • Catalan: “hussainia”
  • Catalan: “Hussainia”
  • Central Kurdish: “حوسێنییە”
  • Chinese: “侯賽因尼亞”
  • Chinese: “侯赛因尼亚”
  • Chinese: “胡塞尼亚”
  • Chinese: “胡塞尼亞”
  • Chinese: “胡笙尼亞”
  • Danish: “hussainiya”
  • Danish: “husseiniya”
  • Danish: “Husseiniya”
  • Dutch: “Hussainia”
  • Esperanto: “imamejo”
  • French: “Hosseiniyeh”
  • French: “Hussainia”
  • German: “Hoseiniye”
  • German: “Hussainia”
  • Hebrew: “חוסייניה”
  • Hindi: “इमामबाड़ा”
  • Icelandic: “Hussainia”
  • Icelandic: “Sorghús”
  • Italian: “Husayniyya”
  • Italian: “Hussainia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hussainia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “sorghus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hussainiya”
  • Norwegian: “Sorghus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hussainia”
  • Persian: “حسینیه”
  • Russian: “хусейния”
  • Russian: “Хусейния”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “huseinija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “حسینیه”
  • Spanish: “Hussainia”
  • Spanish: “Hussainía”
  • Swedish: “sorgerhus”
  • Swedish: “sorghus”
  • Swedish: “Sorghus”
  • Telugu: “ఇమాంబారా”
  • Thai: “ฮุซัยนียะหฺ”
  • Thai: “ฮุซัยนียะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Hüseyniye”
  • Urdu: “امام باڑا”
  • Urdu: “امام باڑہ”
  • Uzbek: “Husayniya”
  • “इमामबाड़ा”

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