In these years Arab governors, strengthening towers of this ancient city with the rich cultural heritage, began the construction of new structures in its territory.

The first construction of Juma Mosque was begun at the end of the 12th century and was related to the considerable damage to Juma Mosque's building suffered from partial forays and was conditioned by the strengthening of Shirvanshakh's power during the reign of the ruler Manuchehr III, by whom were built new constructions and strengthened the city walls.

Archeological excavations, held in 1970, in the territory of the mosque confirmed the considerable constructional and architectural changes, dated from that epoch.

Evliya Çelebi-Turkish scientist-traveler visiting Shamakhi in 1656, said that Juma Mosque is the largest religious construction of the city among others.

Primarily, the reconstruction of the mosque was charged to the eminent Azerbaijani architect of that time-Ziverbey Ahmadbeyov, a native of Shamakhi city.

[3] Variation of the project, presented by Józef Plośko in 1909, provided considerable change of facade and external look of the mosque.

The only extant sketch of Juma Mosque was made in 1847, by Russian architect G. Gagarin from life, who portrayed architectural monuments and other cities of Azerbaijan in his pictures.

The three-hall structure of the mosque, three-section internal area covered with central and not great side cupolas, are seen in G. Gagarin's pictures.

The planning structure of Juma Mosque should be supplemented with dynamic content and special picturesqueness in Józef Plośko's interpretation.

For creating the same size of three halls of the mosque, the architect with specific artistic-plastic expressiveness conceived a non-traditional construction, the metallic carcasses of which were produced in Warsaw for Shirvan zone of the cupola.