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Ghanli Mosque

Iran / Western Atrpatakan / Salmast / Salmast

Description

Two mosques, Agha and Ghanli, were famous in Salmast. According to the geography of Moukaddas “... the mother mosque was near to the market.”

Արաբական աղբյուրները Հայաստանի և հայերի մասին [The Arabic Sources about Armenia and the Armenians, vol. 3] (Yerevan, 2005), p. 653.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 491.

Location

The mosque of Ghanli or Khounin was situated in the north-eastern part of Dilman: slight remnants can be seen in its site.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 491.

Historical Introduction

Until 2005 (lunar year 1385), between the mosques Agha and Ghanli was located a big mill stone whose radius was 1 metre. It was the last millstone in Salmast, and unfortunately they used it in road construction.

Ahrenjani, pp. 167, 171.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 491.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Khounin