Garghabazar Mosque

Garghabazar Mosque
Azerbaijani: Qarğabazar Məscidi
Floor plan of the former mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
Location
LocationGarghabazar, Fuzuli District
CountryAzerbaijan
Location of the former mosque in Azerbaijan
Geographic coordinates39°32′20″N 47°09′26″E / 39.53889°N 47.15722°E / 39.53889; 47.15722
Architecture
Completed1095 AH (1683/1684CE)
MaterialsStone

The Garghabazar Mosque (Azerbaijani: Qarğabazar məscidi), also known as the Giyas ad-Din Mosque, is a former mosque, located in Garghabazar village, of the Fuzuli District, in Azerbaijan.

History

There is a ligature on the entrance door of the mosque that, translated into English, reads:

This mosque is built by Haji Giyas ad-Din a honest creature of Great Allah, in 1095 AH (1683/1684CE).”

The Haji Giyas ad-Din mosque has not any balcony and has only one hall built of local construction materials such as stone. A roof of the mosque is arch-shaped. There was not used any wood except in entrance door. The mosque was built on a rocky hill located in the center of the village. The Garghabazar Caravanserai, built in the same year, is located in the southern part of the village.[1]

According to an architectural analysis of the caravanserai and the mosque, both of them were built by the same architect.

See also

References

  1. ^ Микаэль Алескерович Усейнов (1963). История архитектуры Азербайджана (in Russian). Baku: Государственное издательство литературы по строительству, архитектуре и строительным материалам. p. 393.