Husayniyya

A husayniyya is a building designed specifically for gatherings of Shia Muslims for spiritual practice, religious education and commemoration ceremonies, especially the Mourning of Muharram.
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Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
  • Shia mosque
  • Description: ceremonial gathering hall in Shia Islam
  • Also known as
    “ashurkhana”
    “hussainia”
    “imambara”
    “Imamibargah”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Polish Cemetery and Christian Cementry.
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The Polish War Cemetery in Tehran is a historical… is situated 720 metres southwest of Husayniyya.
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Doulab Cemetery is a historic cemetery situated in the eastern suburbs of , . is situated 750 metres southwest of Husayniyya.
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is a station of Metro Line 4. is situated 1¼ km north of Husayniyya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include District 14 and Piroozi.
Ali Safdarian, CC BY 3.0.
is one of 22 central districts of Tehran…
Mehrshahr is an affluent area located south-west of city in , .
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is a suburb, which is situated 3 km north of Husayniyya.

Husayniyya

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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
building=­yes
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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “huseinija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “حسینیه”
  • Spanish: “Hussainía”
  • Swedish: “sorgerhus”
  • Swedish: “Sorghus”
  • Telugu: “ఇమాంబారా”
  • Thai: “ฮุซัยนียะหฺ”
  • Thai: “ฮุซัยนียะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Hüseyniye”
  • Urdu: “امام باڑا”
  • Urdu: “امام باڑہ”
  • Uzbek: “Husayniya”

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