Juma Mosque, Ordubad

Juma Mosque
Juma Mosque
Azerbaijani: Ordubad Cümə Məscdi; Arabic: مسجد الجمعة (أردوباد);
	The mosque in 2023
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Ordubad
Country	Azerbaijan
	Location of the mosque in Azerbaijan
Geographic coordinates	38°54′35″N 46°01′22″E / 38.90972°N 46.02278°E
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Safavid
Completed	1604
Specifications
Dome(s)	One (maybe more)
Materials	Stone; brick

The Juma Mosque of Ordubad (Azerbaijani: Ordubad Cümə Məscdi; Arabic: مسجد الجمعة (أردوباد)) is a mosque, located in Ordubad, Azerbaijan and is one of the cultic^{[clarification needed]} constructions of Ordubad city. The building is located on the highest place in the city.^[1]

Architecture

The external architectural appearance of the mosque is dated from 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.^{[citation needed]} Three-paced praying hall takes the central place in the plan. The usage of deep arched niches attached to the frames of the arches is the peculiar feature of the architecture of cultic constructions. The walls of the mosque were built of rubble stone and plastered with 21 cm × 21 cm × 5 cm (8.3 in × 8.3 in × 2.0 in) bricks.^[3]

References

^ Мамед-заде, K. M. (1983). Строительное Искусство Азербайджана( с древнейших времен до XIX в.) (in Russian). Baku: Элм. p. 234.
^ Sinclair, Susan (2012). Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World (2 vol. set). BRILL. p. 105. ISBN 978-9047412076.
^ "Ordubadın məşhur ibadət ocaqları". anl.az (in Azerbaijani). August 2012.