Juma Mosque, Ordubad

Juma Mosque in Ordubad
Ordubad Cümə Məscdi
Location Ordubad, Azerbaijan
Type Mosque
Beginning date 1604

Juma Mosque of Ordubad - is located in Ordubad, Azerbaijan and is one of the cultic constructions of Ordubad city. The building is located on the highest place of the city.[1]

Architecture

External architectural appearance of the mosque is dated to the 17th century according to its architectural segmentations. A ligature fixed on the entrance of the building shows that it was constructed in 1604, during the reign of the Safavid Iranian king Abbas I (r. 1588–1629).[2] However, some elements in a plan of the mosque evidence that it was built earlier, but in the 17th century it was just reconstructed again. Three-paced praying hall takes the central place in the plan. Usage of deep arched niches attached to the frames of the arches is the peculiar feature of the architecture of cultic constructions. Walls of the mosque were built of rubble stone and plastered with 21x21x5 cm bricks.[3]

References

  1. ↑ К.М. Мамед-заде (1983). Строительное Искусство Азербайджана( с древнейших времен до XIX в.). Baku: Элм. p. 234.
  2. ↑ Sinclair, Susan (2012). Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World (2 vol. set). BRILL. p. 105. ISBN 978-9047412076.
  3. ↑ "Ordubadın məşhur ibadət ocaqları".

Coordinates: 38°54′35″N 46°01′22″E / 38.90972°N 46.02278°E / 38.90972; 46.02278

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