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Jinn mosque
Jinn mosque
Azerbaijani: Cin məscidi
	Interior of Jinn mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Status	restored
Location
Location	Old City, Baku
Country	Azerbaijan
	Location within Azerbaijan
Geographic coordinates	40°21′58″N 49°50′00″E / 40.366228°N 49.833469°E
Architecture
Style	Islamic architecture, Shirvan-Absheron architectural school
Completed	XIV century

Jinn mosque (Azerbaijani: Cin məscidi) is a historical mosque of the XIV century. It is a part of Old City as well as Palace of the Shirvanshahs and located on Gala turn, in the city of Baku, in Azerbaijan. The building was also registered as a national architectural monument by the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated August 2, 2001, No. 132.^[1]

History

The mosque is located in the lower part of the Eastern Gate. There is no inscription on the facade of the mosque. It is believed that it was built in the XIV century and named after Jinn, a surah in Koran.^[2] It was used as a neighborhood mosque.^[3]

Architectural features

The mosque is in rectangular shape in the plan. It forms a single-cell worshipping hall covered with a pointed stone dome.^[2] The five-tiered corbelled mihrab carved into muqarnas is framed with a rectangle on the southern wall of the interior and forms certain motifs of architectural school of Shirvan-Absheron as a whole. Small niches were placed at the edges.^[3]

The main facade of the mosque is asymmetrical and its rigid, voluminous composition is emphasized with classic styled portal-entrance. The portal of the mosque is classical-type.^[3]