Bibiheybət Məscidi · Baku waterfront, south of the city centre
Bibi-Heybat Mosque sits directly on the Caspian shoreline south of central Baku, its twin minarets and blue-tiled dome forming one of the most photogenic religious sites in the city. The current building is a 1990s reconstruction of a much older mosque, originally founded in 1281 around the tomb of Ukeyma Khanum, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad's family, making the site historically significant well beyond its current structure.
The original mosque was demolished during the Soviet era in the 1930s as part of a wider anti-religious campaign, and its exact former layout was documented only through historical photographs. Following Azerbaijan's independence, the mosque was rebuilt closely following the original 13th-century design, reopening in 1998 as a fully functioning place of worship.
Today it remains an active mosque and a place of pilgrimage, alongside being one of Baku's most striking waterfront landmarks. Visitors are welcome outside prayer times, with modest dress (covered shoulders and knees, and a headscarf for women) expected out of respect for the site's religious function.