Mosque Name: Hulbuk Castle Mosque
Country: Tajikistan
City: Hulbuk
Year of construction (AD): 800-899
GPS: 37.777524 69.556695
Gibson Classification: Petra
Rebuilt facing Mecca: never
Description:
There are remains of a large mosque in this castle. The castle walls have been restored, but the inside is till in ruins.
The fortress from the air.
The fortress walls.
References:
Siméon, Pierre, 2012. “Hulbuk: Architecture and Material Culture of the Capital of the Banijurids in Central Asia (Ninth-Eleventh Centuries)”, Muqarnas 29: 385-421. https://brill.com/view/journals/muqj/29/1/article-p385_10.xml
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