Нардаранская Мечеть

The Rahima Khanum Shrine stands in the settlement of Nardaran on the Absheron Peninsula, in Baku. Sources also call it the Nardaran Mosque, the Rahima Khanum Mosque and the Haji Bakhshi Mosque. It dates from the Safavid period, belongs to the Shirvan-Absheron architectural school and is registered as a cultural heritage monument of Azerbaijan.

Its structure and construction resemble those of 15th-century Shirvan mosques. The stones are finely and distinctively dressed, and the workmanship is compared to that of the Shirvanshah Palace complex. A later section added beside the original rectangular block serves as a corridor. Visitors take off their shoes before entering the prayer hall.

The building was erected in 1663 in the village of Nardaran; one Russian-language source gives the date as 1662/1663. According to its inscription, the architect was Muradali. It is cited as one of the works showing that the architectural traditions of 15th-century Shirvan continued into the 17th century. The sources do not say when the added section next to the rectangular main block was built.