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Islam arrived in Azerbaijan with Arabs in the seventh century, gradually supplanting Christianity and pagan cults. [ 8 ] In the sixteenth century, the first shah of the Safavid Dynasty, Ismail I (r. 1501-1524), established Shi'a Islam as the state religion, [ 8 ] although a portion of people remained Sunni.
The Bibi-Heybat Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. Islam is the majority religion in Azerbaijan, but the country is considered to be the most secular in the Muslim world. [5] Estimates include 90% (The World Factbook, 2020) [6] and 99.2% (Pew Research Center, 2006) [7] of the population identifying as Muslim.
The history of Azerbaijan is understood as the history of the region now forming the Republic of Azerbaijan. ... It was the Islamic world's first democratic republic.
The historical appearance of ancient Islamic architectural monuments was related to Arabs’ governance and spreading of Islam in the territory of Azerbaijan. The Juma Mosque of Shamakhi is considered the first mosque in the Caucasus after cathedral Juma Mosque of Derbent , that was constructed in 734.
The Muslim conquest of Azerbaijan was the military struggle that led to Adurbadagan's incorporation in the Rashidun Caliphate. In AD 643 ( AH 22), after the occupation of Rey and Central Eranshahr , Umar ordered the conquest of Adurbadagan .
The Sallarids were an Islamic dynasty that ruled the territory of Azerbaijan, as well as Iranian Azerbaijan, from 941 until 979. [75] [72] Marzuban ibn Muhammad ended the existence of the Sajid dynasty and founded the Sallarid dynasty in 941. He was the son of the founder of the Musafirid dynasty, Muhammad ibn Musafir, who ruled in Daylam.
The Imamzadeh Complex is an important Islamic site, located near Ganja, in Azerbaijan.The complex comprises a mausoleum that houses the grave of a prominent figure in Shia Islam, several mosques including the Goy Imam Mosque, a garden, gated walls, and various funerary monuments. [1]
The Juma Mosque (Azerbaijani: Cümə məscidi), also known as the Friday Mosque, is a Shia Islam mosque, located in Baku, Azerbaijan. [1]An inscription on the mosque mentions that “Amir Sharaf al-Din Mahmud ordered the restoration of this mosque in the month of Rajab AH 709 (1309/1310)”.