Mosque of the Uzbek Khan
The Uzbek-Khan Mosque ( Crimean Tatar Özbek Han camisi , Ukrainian Мечеть хана Узбека Metschet chana Uzbeka ) is located in Staryj Krym in the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea . It is considered to be the oldest mosque on the Crimean peninsula .
history
The mosque was built in 1314 under the rule of Sultan Mohammed Öz Beg (Ösbek Chan ).
It was built together with a madrasah . Only a ruin of the latter has survived; it is located at the connection to the mosque on the southern walls. The madrasah was built in 1332 by order of Inci Chatun, the daughter of Kilburun Bej . The building has a rectangular floor plan. The architectural features of the Uzbek-Khan mosque are reminiscent of the buildings erected under Seljuck rule in Anatolia . The building has a minaret with a typical Ottoman , conical cap and a rounded scissors (balcony) as well as roof decorations .
After the deportation of the Crimean Tatars under Soviet rule in 1944 and their return in the 1990s, the Uzbek-Khan mosque is now open to the faithful again.
The muqarnas entrance to the mosque makes the entire building a tourist attraction, it is considered to be very monumental and has a carved wooden door.
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Coordinates: 45 ° 1 '55.9 " N , 35 ° 5' 40.2" E