Takyeh
Place in Iran where Husayn bin Ali is mourned by Shia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the takyas of Iran. For the history and usage of the term in the Islamic world in general, see Takya.
For other uses, see Takyeh (disambiguation).
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.[6] Many takyehs are found in Iran,[7] where there are takyehs in almost every city.[citation needed]