
Information
- Location
- North Kazakhstan Region, Petropavl city
- Period
- 1917 – 2001
- Type
- Mosque
- Kind
- Sacred objects
- Authors
- Маликова Сауле Зейнуллиновна
Sources
- Қазақстанның киелі орындарының географиясы: Табиғат, археология, этнография және діни сәулет өнері нысандарының тізілімі / Жалпы редакциясын басқарған ҚР ҰҒА академигі Байтанаев Б.Ә. – Алматы: Ә.Х. Марғұлан атындағы Археология институты, 2017. – 1-шығарылым. – 904 б.
Description
Din Muhammad Mosque has its own history. In 1881, the Tatar merchants D. Bichurin and V. Yangurazov filed a petition for the construction of two stone mosques, which is petitioned by more than 1,000 Muslim residents. The petition was granted, and soon two beautiful stone mosques appeared in the city. By 1917, there were three wooden mosques and six stone mosques in the city. The earliest religious institution dates back to 1795. The Din Muhammad Mosque was listed as No. 5 in the general list of mosques (1917) and operated until 1938. The building of the mosque was not used for its intended purpose and the minaret was completely dismantled.
In 1990, the public began to fight for the restoration of historical religious institutions in the city. In 1996, the Tatar-Bashkir religious community managed to return the mosques as religious buildings. By that time, the building had been almost destroyed, with only walls left. The Din Muhammad Mosque was soon rebuilt by the city's parishioners and was completed in 1998. The mosque is a place to visit and performance of Muslim rites by the population of the region, one of the main attractions of the city.
The mosque was named after one of the initiators and organizers of the construction. In 2001, the minaret was rebuilt in the mosque. The Din Muhammad Mosque is a one-storey small building fenced with a low fence, a green roof and a minaret. All Muslim services and rituals are held here. Since 2013, the temple has been run by the Muslim Spiritual Directorate of Kazakhstan.
Din Muhammad Mosque is one of the architectural monuments of the city, a site of history and culture of local importance.