Tuba Shahi Mosque

Tuba Shahi Mosque ( )– is located in Mardakan township of Baku . It is an architectural monument of Azerbaijan and is a cultic construction, which was spread in architecture of the northern regions of Azerbaijan. The mosque was constructed in the 15th century and was named in honor of the woman who ordered its construction. An inscription confirming its construction date was carved on the mosque (1481-1482). There is one more inscription in the mosque, on the spiral stairs near the entry of the mosque which lead to the roof. Evidently, this inscription belongs to a more ancient mosque of the village and indicates the construction date – Muharram of the 774th year of Hijri (1372) and shows names of customers –sadr Haji Bahaaddin and his son Mahmud Abayil. The Quadrangular castle , a building of the Middle Ages, is located near the mosque.

Tuba Shahi Mosque ( ) ( ) is located in Mardakan township of Baku . It is an architectural monument of Azerbaijan and is a cultic construction, which was spread in architecture of the northern regions of Azerbaijan. The mosque was constructed in the 15th century and was named in honor of the woman who ordered its construction. An inscription confirming its construction date was carved on the mosque (1481-1482). There is one more inscription in the mosque, on the spiral stairs near the entry of the mosque which lead to the roof. Evidently, this inscription belongs to a more ancient mosque of the village and indicates the construction date – Muharram of the 774th year of Hijri (1372) – and shows the name of a customer – Ṣadr Ḥajjī Bahā’ ad-Dīn. The Quadrangular castle , a building of the Middle Ages, is located near the mosque.

Former mosque in Mərdəkan, Baku, Azerbaijan The Tuba-Shahi Mosque ( Azerbaijani : Tuba-Şahi məscidi ; Arabic : مسجد طوبا شاهي ) is a former mosque and historical architectural monument, located in the Mardakan village of the Khazar district in Baku , Azerbaijan . Completed in c. 1482 , the former mosque is included in the list of the historical and architectural monuments of local importance approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan . The former mosque was built not far from the Quadrangular Mardakan Castle dating from the Shirvanshahs era. The mosque has a clearly defined volume in the form of a parallelepiped completed with a dome. The central part of the prayer hall is covered with a dome resting on sails. On four sides, the central prayer hall is adjoined by lateral rectangular rooms.