Baland Mosque

Baland Mosque

The Baland mosque in translation means “high”. Its name is due to the position on a high stone foundation. This is a typical example of quarterly mosques. Cubic volume with a flat suspended ceiling and aivan on wooden carved columns (XIX century). The dominance of the plane is compensated here by the classically found proportions of the parts: the panel, above it the alternating large and small panels, then the frieze. The panel of the mosque is a series of rectangular frames, each of which fills a mosaic pattern. The middle part of the wall is adorned with a lancet-shaped panel, filled with a flower rink, then with a narrow field for inscription above the frame, then with a figured niche above the pit – they alternate with each other and vary in shape and pattern. The ceiling is wooden, complex carpentry, with a stalactite indentation in the middle of the star-shaped figure. Hexagonal tile panels – with a fundamental painting of gold. In the Baland mosque the means of the picturesque decoration of the walls are designed with exceptional brilliance. In the region it was believed that this mosque is worthy of imitation.