The Palatial mosque in Baku (Azerbaijani: Saray məscidi), also known as the Palace Mosque (Azerbaijani: Şah Məscidi; Arabic: مسجد شاه (باكو)), and Shirvanshahs Palace Mosque, is a mosque, located inside the Palace of the Shirvanshahs complex, in the Old City of Baku, Azerbaijan.[1][2] The mosque was built in AH 845 (1441/1442).[3]
Palatial mosque in Baku (Palace Mosque) | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Old City, Baku |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Location in the Baku Old City | |
Geographic coordinates | 40°21′58″N 49°50′00″E / 40.366160°N 49.833466°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque architecture |
Style | Islamic |
Completed | AH 845 (1441/1442) |
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | Two (maybe more) |
Minaret(s) | One |
Materials | Stone |
Official name | Palatial mosque in Baku |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | iv |
Designated | 2000 (24th session) |
Part of | Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower |
Reference no. | 958 |
Region | Europe/Asia |
Endangered | 2003–2009 |
The Palatial mosque in Baku forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Palace of the Shirvanshahs.
Architecture
editThe plan of the mosque is rectangular. There is a small hall, a small prayer room for women, and serving rooms. The northern portal, turned towards a burial vault of Shirvanshahs, is more solemn than the eastern one. The latter, which came down to an underground exit, was intended for the inhabitants of the palace.[4]
Interior
editThe two tier windowed prayer room is covered with a cupola with spherical sails. The mihrab is located in the southern end of the palace. Cupola area over one a tier women's prayer room, ceding to cupola of the hall with its dimensions and replacing its outlines. The aperture of the mosque's portal is clearly described on a severe background of prismatic volume, ended with two cupolas with slightly sharpening calottes.[5]
Minaret
editThe trunk of the minaret is surrounded by an inscription, a ligature of which has a date of AH 845 (1441/1442). Details of sherefe's stalactites are subtly modelled.
Gallery
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Mihrab
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Boris Akunin İçəri Şəhərlə tanış olmuşdur". icherisheher.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on October 15, 2017.
- ^ "Дворцовая мечеть Ширваншахов" (in Russian). Baku pages. June 16, 2011.
- ^ ""Bələdiyyələrin əraziləri və torpaqları haqqında"". Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "İÇƏRI ŞƏHƏR KÜÇƏLƏRININ SIRRI". icmal.az (in Azerbaijani).
- ^ "Старые мечети Баку (список)" (in Russian). Наш Баку.