| İske Taş Mosque | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| District |  Tatarstan |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Kazan,Russia |
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| Coordinates | 55°46′10″N49°06′06″E / 55.76944°N 49.10167°E /55.76944; 49.10167 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Completed | 1802 |
| Minaret | 1 |
Theİske Taş (Tatar pronunciation:[isˈketʌʃ]) orIske Tash Mosque, also theOld Stone Mosque (viaTatar:Иске Таш мәчет,romanized: İske Taş mäçet,Russian:Старокаменная мечеть, мечеть Иске-Таш,Starokamennaya, Iske-Tash)[1] or theMosque of the Old Stone (viaTatar:Иске Таш мәчете,romanized: İske Taş mäçete),[2] formerly known asThe Ninth Cathedral Mosque,The Big Stone Mosque, is a mosque inKazan,Russia.
According to the old legend, it was erected on the place of acommunal grave of the fighting men whodefended Kazan in 1552. The grave was marked by abig old stone (zur iske taş), which has been preserved in front of the east facade of the mosque for many years after its erection.
The mosque was built in 1802 with donations of merchant Ğabdulla Ütämişev. Theqibla of the mosque was set byGhabdennasir Qursawi. In 1830 it was reconstructed according to the project of Alexander Schmidt. The mosque's façades were rebuilt in classicism traditions. Their strictness is accentuated by the minaret with three tiers set on a thick cross wall between the praying rooms. The minarets' shape is associated with the minarets in the ancient townsBolghar andKasimov. The mosque is two-storied, has two halls,the minaret is placed in the center of gable roof.
In the 19th century the imams were fromAmirkhan family.
The mosque was closed according to the decision of Central Executive Committee ofTatar ASSR at the end of the 1930s. It was used as a school and then as storage during the Soviet rule. In 1994 it was returned to the believers.[1]
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