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.^[6] Many takyehs are found in Iran,^[7] where there are takyehs in almost every city.^{[citation needed]}

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