en Galagayin Mosque

Galagayin Mosque
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
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.^[1] 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.^[2]