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The Juma Mosque of Shamakhi is considered the first mosque in the Caucasus after cathedral Juma Mosque of Derbent, that was constructed in 734. The construction date of the Juma Mosque is dated from the governance period of Caliphate ’s vicar in the Caucasus and Dagestan , Arabic commander Maslam ibn Abd-al Melik, brother of Umayyad caliph ...
The Juma Mosque of Shamakhi is the biggest religious building in the city. Through its history the mosque has been demolished or destroyed few times, but each time it has been rebuilt, most recently in 2009. [29] [30] It is the oldest mosque in the territory of Azerbaijan, and was built in 743–744. It is second in age in the South Caucasus ...
The Juma Mosque (Azerbaijani: Cümə məscidi), also known as the Friday Mosque, is a Shia Islam mosque, located in Baku, Azerbaijan. [ 1 ] An inscription on the mosque mentions that “Amir Sharaf al-Din Mahmud ordered the restoration of this mosque in the month of Rajab AH 709 (1309/1310)”.
Astrophysical Observatory in Shamakhi.. Shamakhi was first mentioned as Kamachia by ancient Greco-Roman geographer Claudius Ptolemaeus in the 1st to 2nd century CE. It was an important town during the Middle Ages and served as the capital of the Shirvanshah state from the 8th to 15th centuries and capital of the independent Shirvan Khanate, also known as khanate of Shamakhi.
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The mosque's interior measures 42 by 20 m (138 by 66 ft). It does not have a dome, and its minaret is round and made of baked brick. The dome of the minaret is covered with white metal sheets and has an octagonal shape. The roof of the mosque is also covered with white metal sheets. [1]: 107 The mosque was opened for public use in 1906. [4]
Original – Juma Mosque, Shamakhi, September 2016 Reason Good composition. FP on Commons Articles in which this image appears Juma Mosque, Shamakhi, Shamakhi FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama Creator Poco a poco. Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld 14:01, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Juma Mosque (Uzbek: Juma masjid / Жума масжид, lit. 'Friday Mosque') is a 10th–18th century mosque in Khiva , Uzbekistan . [ 1 ] It is one of the principal monuments of Itchan Kala , the walled old city of Khiva, which is a World Heritage Site . [ 2 ]