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Bibi-Heybat Mosque

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The Bibi-Heybat Mosque is a historical mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The existing structure, built in the 1990s, is recreation of the mosque with the same name built in the 13th century by Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II Ibn Ahsitan II, which was completely destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1936.The Bibi-Heybat Mosque includes the tomb of Ukeyma Khanum (a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad), and today is the spiritual center for the Muslims of the region and one of the major monuments of Islamic architecture in Azerbaijan.

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Log Press
613679117X / 9786136791173
Paperback / softback
28/06/2011
United States
160 pages, black & white illustrations
152 x 229 mm, 245 grams
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