Palatial mosque in Baku
Palatial mosque in Baku | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Location | Old City, Baku |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Location of the mosque in the Baku Old City | |
Geographic coordinates | 40°21′58″N 49°49′59″E / 40.36611°N 49.83306°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Islamic architecture |
Date established | 1441-1442 |
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | One (maybe more) |
Minaret(s) | One |
The Palatial mosque in Baku (Azerbaijani: Saray məscidi) is a mosque of the 15th century, which is included in Shirvanshah's palace complex in Baku.[1][2]
Architecture
[edit]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.[3]
Interior
[edit]The two tier windowed prayer room is covered with a cupola with spherical sails. 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.[4]
Minaret
[edit]The 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
References
[edit]- ^ "Boris Akunin İçəri Şəhərlə tanış olmuşdur". icherisheher.gov.az. Archived from the original on 2017-10-15.
- ^ "Дворцовая мечеть Ширваншахов". Baku pages. 2011-06-16.
- ^ "İÇƏRI ŞƏHƏR KÜÇƏLƏRININ SIRRI".
- ^ "Старые мечети Баку (список)" (in Russian). Наш Баку.