Juma Mosque in Baku

Baku, Azerbaijan

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Located in the historic Icheri Sheher district of Baku, the Juma Mosque, also known as the Friday Mosque, is a Shia Islamic mosque built in 1899 under the financing of philanthropist merchant Haji Shikhlali Dadashov. The structure exemplifies the Shirvan-Absheron architectural school and reflects centuries of religious and cultural continuity at its site. An inscription records a restoration ordered by Amir Sharaf al-Din Mahmud in 1309/1310 CE, while a minaret topped with a stalactite-supported balcony was erected in 1437 under the Iranian Shirvansahs. Archaeological evidence indicates traces of a Zoroastrian temple beneath the mosque, underscoring the location's long sacred history. Rebuilt multiple times, the mosque has served as a socio-cultural center for the medieval region of Shirvan and remains a designated cultural heritage monument in Azerbaijan.