JUMA MOSQUE
Juma mosque in Icheri Sheher has been funcfioning since the 12th century. This mosque was built in 1899 with the money of the Baku patron of art Haji Shihali Dadashev. The mosque was built on the site of the temple of fire worshipers. In the XIV century the temple was tur- ned into a mosque. According to the inscripfion on the mosque “in the month of Rajab 709 AH (1309) Amir Sharafaddin Mahmud ordered to renew this mosque.” In the 15th century a minaret was a5ached to the mosque from the north side. By the end of the XIX century the old mosque fell into disrepair and a new – Juma mosque in its place was erected. Juma mos- que itself is small. There is a small room for men, chapels for women. Of interest is the coni- cal dome of the building, which is supported by four columns located in the center of the Juma Mosque.
