Erivan is thoroughly Oriental in character, although since the Russian occupation many new houses have been built.
It is devoted to Shiah worship, although in the past the Erivan mosques changed from Sunni to Shiah and from Shiah to Sunni according as the town was held by Turkey or Persia.
Erivan is built on raised ground round which the river Zanga has cut a tortuous channel with precipitous sides.
Erivan and Gence Cuma Mescidi, built in the same period by Sheyh Bahaeddin, the distinguished scholar and artist of the Orient,shared similar constructional designs.
Mosques of Erivan used to have large courtyards, in the middle of which was a fountain pool made of stone, surrounded by small cells.Erivan, which used to be a town of great minarets, has only one mosque today, Goy Mescid, with its name and architecture the last mark of the nation that created it.
It is not difficult to visualize the outstanding architectural and aesthetic texture of the Serdar Palace of Erivan by looking over the plans, pictures and photographs from the last century, and the engravings made by travellers and artists.
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From 2310 settlements situated in the territory of present-day Armenia in Erivan, Echmiadzin, Yeni Bayazid, Aleksandropol districts (uyezds) of Erivan province (gubernia); in Zangezur and Kazakh-Dilijan districts of the Ganje province, Lori-Pambek (Borchaly) district of the Tiflis province, 2000 belonged to Azeris
Till 1920 in the districts of the Erivan province that were part of Azerbaijan, especially in the Erivan district, the Azeri population was much more than the Armenian population.
In the Echmiadzin, Yeni Bayazid, Surmali districts of the Erivan province the Azeri population constituted the 2/3 (two thirds) of the total population.
On the night of June 27, 1920, the Armenians who raided the Hacibayram and Haberbegli Villages in Erivan, pillaged the goods and belongings of the people, and killed a lot of them.
The Armenians attacked the Islam people of the Hacaparak village, which is 15 minutes away from the city of Erivan, on the night of April 16, 1920 and attempted to murder all the people.
For this reason, the latest developments in the region and the general situation in Armenia, show that the time has come for Erivan to act with common sense and to take courageous steps in order to maintain stability in the region.
Saint Joseph’s University acknowledged its treasured friendship with Erivan Karl Haub and his family through the naming of the Erivan K. Haub School of Business in 1997 and the Erivan K. Haub Executive Conference Center in 1988.
For more than 30 years, Erivan K. Haub was at the helm of the TENGELMANN Group, a German-based family enterprise.
Friend to students and professors alike, Erivan Karl Haub has made a dramatic impact on education at Saint Joseph’s University and the Haub School of Business.
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