Palatial mosque in Baku

Palatial mosque in Baku
(Palace Mosque)
The interior of the mosque in 2011
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationPalace of the Shirvanshahs, Old City, Baku
CountryAzerbaijan
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Palatial mosque in Baku
Location in the Baku Old City
Geographic coordinates40°21′58″N 49°50′00″E / 40.366160°N 49.833466°E / 40.366160; 49.833466
Architecture
TypeMosque architecture
StyleIslamic
Completed845 AH (1441/1442CE)
Specifications
Dome(s)Two (maybe more)
Minaret(s)One
MaterialsStone
Official namePalatial mosque in Baku
TypeCultural
Criteriaiv
Designated2000 (24th session)
Part ofWalled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
Reference no.958
RegionEurope/Asia
Endangered2003–2009

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 845 AH (1441/1442CE).[3]

The Palatial mosque in Baku forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Palace of the Shirvanshahs.

Architecture

The 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

The 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

The trunk of the minaret is surrounded by an inscription, a ligature of which has a date of 845 AH (1441/1442CE). Details of sherefe's stalactites are subtly modelled.

  • Mihrab
    Mihrab

See also

References

  1. ^ "Boris Akunin İçəri Şəhərlə tanış olmuşdur". icherisheher.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on October 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "Дворцовая мечеть Ширваншахов" (in Russian). Baku pages. June 16, 2011.
  3. ^ ""Bələdiyyələrin əraziləri və torpaqları haqqında"". Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "İÇƏRI ŞƏHƏR KÜÇƏLƏRININ SIRRI". icmal.az (in Azerbaijani).
  5. ^ "Старые мечети Баку (список)" (in Russian). Наш Баку. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
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