Batumi Mosque

Batumi Mosque
The Batumi Mosque (Georgian: ბáƒáƒ—უმის მეჩეთი, batumis mecheti, Orta Dgzame[1]) is a mosque located in the Black Sea city of Batumi, Georgia’s autonomous republic of Adjara, which is a home to sizable Muslim community. It was commissioned by the family of [2] Aslan Beg (the equivalent of duke) Khimshiashvili, a Muslim Georgian nobleman in 1886. The walls of the mosque were painted by the Laz brothers. The mosque is popularly known as the "Jamia in the middle" (, áƒáƒ თრჯáƒáƒ›áƒ”â€, orta jame) for it once stood in between two other mosques which have not survived.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.geobuildltd.com/en/?action=batumi
- ↑ http://www.geobuildltd.com/en/?action=batumi
- ↑ Batumi: sights. Official website of Batumi. Retrieved on May 10, 2009
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