Tuba Shahi Mosque
Also known as: Tuba Shahi Mosque
mosque
Key facts
- Built
- 1481
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Overview
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The Tuba Shahi Mosque stands in Mardakan, in the Khazar district of Baku, and is an example of the Shirvan-Absheron architectural school. It lies close to the Quadrangular Mardakan Castle, which dates from the Shirvanshah period. The building forms a clear parallelepiped-shaped volume crowned by a dome. The central prayer hall is covered by a dome resting on pendentives, with rectangular side rooms attached on its four sides. Its interior layout has been compared to the courtyard and surrounding quarters of the Shirvanshahs' Palace. The name comes from a woman who commissioned the building. It is listed among Azerbaijan's cultural heritage monuments.
History
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Inscriptions on the walls indicate that the mosque was built between 1481 and 1482, and some sources give c. 1482 as the year of completion. Its name is attributed to the woman who requested its construction.
An inscription near the entrance bears a date of Muharram 774 AH (1372). It apparently belonged to an older mosque that previously stood in the village.
From Wikipedia
The Tuba-Shahi Mosque (Azerbaijani: Tuba-Şahi məscidi; Persian: مسجد طوبا شاه) is a former mosque and historical architectural monument, located in the Mardakan village of the Khazar district in Baku, Azerbaijan. Completed in c. 1482, the former mosque is included in the list of the historical and architectural monuments of local importance approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The former mosque was built not far from the Quadrangular Mardakan Castle dating from the Shirvanshahs era. The mosque has a clearly defined volume in the form of a parallelepiped completed with a dome. The central part of the prayer hall is covered with a dome resting on sails. On four sides, the central prayer hall is adjoined by lateral rectangular rooms.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba_Shahi_Mosque
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Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_Tuba_Chahi
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0-%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B8
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba_%C5%9Eahi_Camii
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%81%DB%8C