Takyeh

In Iran, the word takyeh (Iranian Persian: تکیه, romanized: takye[1]) is mostly used as a synonym of husayniyya (or hoseyniyeh in Iranian Persian; building where Shia Muslims gather to mourn the death of Husayn ibn Ali in the month of Muharram),[2][3][4] although some takyehs also include a zaynabiyya (or zeynabiyeh, in honor of Husayn's sister Zaynab bint Ali)[5] or an abbasiyya (or abbasiyeh, in honor of Husayn's paternal half-brother Abbas ibn Ali), like the Takyeh Moaven-ol-Molk.

[citation needed] In Classical Persian, a takya in the religious sense was originally a place for Sufi gatherings; Sufis were called تکیه‌نشین takya-nishīn or تکیه‌دار takya-dār.

Following the Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam, existing takyas became used as husayniyyas,[8] and the majority of takyehs built in Iran since Iran's conversion have been built to be used as husayniyyas, like the Takyeh Dowlat built by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.

[3] Takyehs throughout Iran are usually designed with observable elements of Persian architecture.

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