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Palatial mosque in Baku
(Palace Mosque)
Palatial mosque in Baku; (Palace Mosque)
Azerbaijani: Şah Məscidi; Arabic: مسجد شاه (باكو);
	The interior of the mosque in 2011
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Old City, Baku
Country	Azerbaijan
	Location in the Baku Old City
Geographic coordinates	40°21′58″N 49°50′00″E / 40.366160°N 49.833466°E
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Islamic
Completed	AH 845 (1441/1442)
Specifications
Dome(s)	Two (maybe more)
Minaret(s)	One
Materials	Stone
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Palatial mosque in Baku
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv
Designated	2000 (24th session)
Part of	Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
Reference no.	958
Region	Europe/Asia
Endangered	2003–2009

The Palatial mosque in Baku (Azerbaijani: Saray məscidi), also known as the Palace Mosque (Azerbaijani: Şah Məscidi; Arabic: مسجد شاه (باكو)), and Shirvanshahs Palace Mosque, is a mosque, located inside the Palace of the Shirvanshahs complex, in the Old City of Baku, Azerbaijan.^[1]^[2] The mosque was built in AH 845 (1441/1442).^[3]

The Palatial mosque in Baku forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Palace of the Shirvanshahs.

Architecture

The plan of the mosque is rectangular. There is a small hall, a small prayer room for women, and serving rooms. The northern portal, turned towards a burial vault of Shirvanshahs, is more solemn than the eastern one. The latter, which came down to an underground exit, was intended for the inhabitants of the palace.^[4]

Interior

The two tier windowed prayer room is covered with a cupola with spherical sails. The mihrab is located in the southern end of the palace. Cupola area over one a tier women's prayer room, ceding to cupola of the hall with its dimensions and replacing its outlines. The aperture of the mosque's portal is clearly described on a severe background of prismatic volume, ended with two cupolas with slightly sharpening calottes.^[5]

Minaret

The trunk of the minaret is surrounded by an inscription, a ligature of which has a date of AH 845 (1441/1442). Details of sherefe's stalactites are subtly modelled.