The Shahbulag Mosque () is a former

mosque A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Originally, mosques were si ...

and historical architectural monument, located in the area called Shahbulag, in the village of Papravənd, in the Agdam region of

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

. The mosque was built by order of Panah Ali Khan in 1751–1752.

Structure

The Shahbulag Mosque is built entirely from local

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

, and consists of three arched balconies and a worship hall. The balconies are supported by a pair of stone columns. The ceiling is completed in the form of arcade. As the worship hall is square, the ceiling has the form of a dome from the interior, and on the outside the roof is made up of two slopes with the addition of new coating materials. This was created to make favorable conditions for the immediate flow of natural waters. The total wall thickness of the mosque reaches . The plan dimensions of the mosque is . As the mosque is built on the sloping ground, its distance from the rear to the roof is and from the front

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to . Despite the fact that the Shahbulag Mosque is architecturally simple, it is an example of architect Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi's creativity, seen in numerous mosques in

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18th-century mosques in Azerbaijan Islamic architecture in Azerbaijan Monuments and memorials in Azerbaijan Mosques completed in the 1750s Religious buildings and structures completed in 1752 Mosque ruins in Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-mosque-stub

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