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'.
The mosque was also known to Western visitors during the Russian period, who used the term "Gök Jami" (Gok Djami), a Turkish phrase translating to 'sky blue mosque'.