Juma mosque in Ganja ( azerb. Gəncə Cümə məscidi ) is a mosque located in the center of Ganja . Built in 1606 by the architect Sheikh Baha ad-Din [1] . Also often called the “ Shah Abbas Mosque ” ( azerb. Şah Abbas məscidi ), as it was built on behalf of the Persian Shah Abbas I the Great during his reign.
| Mosque | |
| Shah Abbas Mosque | |
|---|---|
| azerb. Şah Abbas məscidi | |
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| A country |  Azerbaijan |
| City | Ganja |
| Coordinates | |
| Builder | Sheikh Baha ad-Din |
| Founder | Abbas I the Great |
| Construction | 1601 - 1606 years |
In 1776, two minarets were attached to the mosque. The mosque was built from the traditional red brick of Ganja. At the mosque, a madrasah functioned for a long time, in which at one time the famous Azerbaijani poet and scientist Mirza Shafi Vazekh taught calligraphy.
In 2008, the building of the mosque was thoroughly restored. During the repair work, old Russian imperial banknotes of a hundred years ago enclosed in an envelope were found. This finding allowed us to conclude that the last time repair and restoration work on the territory of the mosque was carried out in 1910 , and not at the end of the XVIII century under Javad Khan , as was previously assumed [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Sheјkh Bәһaәddin // Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia / Ed. J. Kulieva. - B .: The main edition of the Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987. - T. X. - S. 486 .
- ↑ Old notes were found in the Shah Abbas mosque in Ganja. Archived on October 6, 2014. 1news.az
Links
- A model of the Shah Abbas mosque was created (inaccessible link)