Bunyadlilar mosque

Bunyadlilar Mosque — an architectural monument and mosque located in the Amirjan settlement in Azerbaijan, built in 1904.

About

Bunyadlilar Mosque is located in the Amirjan settlement of Baku. It was built in 1904 in the Bunyadlilar quarter of Amirjan. In the mosque there is a stone plaque indicating its construction date. The plaque reads:

On the stone plaque above the main gate of the mosque there is information about the architect of the mosque. The architect of the mosque was Mirza Malik Abbasqulu. The plaque reads:

After the Soviet occupation of Azerbaijan, an official campaign against religion began in 1928. In December of that year the Azerbaijan Communist Party Central Committee handed over many mosques, churches and synagogues to clubs for educational purposes. If there were 3,000 mosques in Azerbaijan in 1917, the number was 1,700 in 1927, 1,369 in 1928, and 17 in 1933. Bunyadlilar Mosque was also closed for worship during this period. A textile factory operated in the mosque building.

After the restoration of Azerbaijan's independence, the mosque has been given to believers for use since 1994.

Architecture

The interior space of the mosque is 10 × 12 meters. It is built of stacked stone blocks and has eight domes. The mosque’s dome rests on these domes. Sixteen windows are placed in the dome. The height from the ground to the ceiling is 5 meters, and the height to the dome is 13 meters. The mihrab is 3.5 meters high. The mosque also has two cells, each with an area of 5 × 3 meters.