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Former mosque, now ruins, in Baku, Azerbaijan

Baba Kuhi Bakuvi Mosque
Azerbaijani: Baba Kuhi Bakuvi məscidi
Ruins of the former mosque, in 2016
Religion
AffiliationIslam (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
StatusAbandoned
(ruinous state)
Location
LocationOld City, Baku
CountryAzerbaijan
Baba Kuhi Bakuvi Mosque is located in Streets in Old City, Baku, AzerbaijanBaba Kuhi Bakuvi MosqueLocation of the mosque ruins in the Baku Old City
Geographic coordinates40°21′57.956″N 49°50′13.236″E / 40.36609889°N 49.83701000°E / 40.36609889; 49.83701000
Architecture
TypeMosque architecture
StyleIslamic
Completed9th century
InscriptionsOne

The Baba Kuhi Bakuvi Mosque (Azerbaijani: Baba Kuhi Bakuvi məscidi) is an ancient former mosque, now in ruins, located in the Old City of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Dating from the 9th–10th centuries, it is one of the oldest mosques in Baku, and is located in the historical part of Icherisheher, north of Maiden Tower. Presumably it is belonged to the Persian scholar and theologian Baba Kuhi Bakuvi.

Discovery

The mosque was discovered as a result of archaeological excavations carried out between 1990 and 1993 conducted by archaeologist Farhad Ibrahimov. An Arabic inscription was found on the altar of the mosque, written in kufi script and saying, "Power belongs to Allah (God)." This inscription was read by the epigraphist Meshadikhanum Neymat. The paleographic features of the inscription allowed researchers to attribute the monument to the 9th–10th centuries.

As a result of small-scale excavations in 1998, two rooms of the mosque were discovered. The mosque, including the adjacent rooms and a colonnade of lancet arches, was a single complex.

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See also

References

  1. "MOSQUE AND MOSQUE YARD – CHAPEL". Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019.
  2. "Old city-Icherisheher". Archived from the original on July 13, 2019.

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