Bibi-Heybat Mosque

Bibi-Heybat Mosque
Azerbaijani: Bibiheybət məscidi
Exterior of the rebuilt mosque in 2008
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusMosque
  • (1282–1936)
  • (since 1997)
StatusActive
Location
LocationBaku, Absheron, Bibiheybət, Shikhov
CountryAzerbaijan
Bibi-Heybat Mosque is located in Baku, Azerbaijan
Bibi-Heybat Mosque
Location of the mosque in Baku
Geographic coordinates40°18′31″N 49°49′13″E / 40.30861°N 49.82028°E / 40.30861; 49.82028
Architecture
Architect(s)
  • Fahraddin Miralay (1282)
  • Sanan Sultanov (1997)
TypeMosque architecture
Style
Completed
  • 1282 (first mosque)
  • 1997 (current mosque)
Destroyed1934 (by Soviet forces)
Specifications
Dome(s)Three
Minaret(s)Two

The Bibi-Heybat Mosque (Azerbaijani: Bibiheybət məscidi) is a mosque, located in Baku, Azerbaijan. The current structure, completed in the 1990s, replicates the original 13th-century mosque built at the behest of Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II Ibn Ahsitan II. The historic mosque was completely destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1934.

It is occasionally called "the Mosque of Fatima", which is how Alexandre Dumas referred to it during his visit in the 1850s.


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