Western visitors in the Russian period, such as H. F. B. Lynch and Luigi Villari, referred to the mosque as Gök Jami (Gok Djami), which translates from Turkish as 'sky blue mosque'.
During the Russian era, Western visitors such as H. F. B. Lynch and Luigi Villari referred to the mosque by its Turkish name, "Gök Jami" (Gok Djami), meaning 'sky blue mosque'.