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Galagayin Mosque
Azerbaijani: Qalaqayın Məscidi Persian: مسجد قلعه‌قایین
The mosque in 2018
Religion
Affiliation	Shia Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque (1657–1928) Profane use (1928–1990) Mosque (since 1990)
Status	Active
Location
Location	Qalaqayın, Sabirabad District
Country	Azerbaijan
Location of the mosque in Azerbaijan
Geographic coordinates	39°59′19″N 48°27′37″E / 39.98861°N 48.46028°E / 39.98861; 48.46028
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Safavid Shirvan-Absheron
Completed	1657
Specifications
Dome(s)	Three
Minaret(s)	One
Minaret height	17 m (56 ft)
Website
qafqazislam.com (in Azerbaijani)

The Galagayin Mosque (Azerbaijani: Qalaqayın Məscidi; Persian: مسجد قلعه‌قایین) is a Shia Islam mosque, located in Qalaqayın, in the Sabirabad District of Azerbaijan.

In the stone inscriptions, it was mentioned that it was repaired in 1831 by a person named Haji Zeynalabidin. It was last renovated in 1988.

The mosque is rectangular, its walls are decorated with verses of the Quran in Arabic. The mosques has a minaret and three domes. The minaret and domes are made of iron and the height of the minaret is 17 m (56 ft).

During the Soviet period, the mosque was used as a warehouse. In 1990, the building was restored as a mosque.

Gallery

• Writing in the mosque

See also

• Islam in Azerbaijan
• List of mosques in Azerbaijan

References

1. "Управление делами Президента Азербайджанской Республики. Административно-территориальное деление. С. 120" (PDF). preslib.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
2. Azərbaycan Respublikası məscidlərinin ensiklopediyası (in Azerbaijani). Bakı. 2001.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Qalaqayın məscidi at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Azerbaijani)
• "MƏDƏNİYYƏT SAHƏSİNDƏ ELEKTRON MƏLUMAT SİSTEMİ". mes.mctgov.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on October 25, 2021.
• "Sabirabad Regional Mədəniyyət İdarəsi". sabirabad.mctgov.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on November 29, 2020.
• "Azərbaycan Respublikası ərazisində dövlət mühafizəsinə götürülmüş daşınmaz tarix və mədəniyyət abidələrinin əhəmiyyət dərəcələrinə görə bölgüsünün təsdiq edilməsi haqqında" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on August 16, 2018.

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