Arabic-language epigraphy of Juma Mosque in daghestan village Zubutli

The article presents the results of the research of Arabic language inscriptions of separate architectural complex – the Friday Mosque of Avar village Zubutli, situated in the Kazbekovsky district of Daghestan. The epigraphy of this village has not been studied at all before. Multi-genre relief and inset inscriptions of the mosque include owners’ inscriptions, benevolent texts, religious formulas, building texts, dating from the XIXth – to the early XXth centuries. The most interesting are the inscriptions, composed on the occasion of repair and construction works. It is established that the oldest inscription is dated 1245/1830-31, and most of plates with inscriptions are mounted in the walls of the mosque during its repair in 1914-15. The inscriptions contain the names of the builders, carvers, calligraphers, and persons who installed the plates in the walls of the mosque and minarets. In most cases, there are no indications of the origin (nisbs) of the persons stated in the inscriptions, which shows that they are local residents. Nisbs are written only in relation to people from other villages of Daghestan.