Bornay mosque is located in the Old Tatar settlement in Kazan. It is one of the oldest in Kazan. It is a monument of religious architecture. The building of the mosque had survived two world wars and a long period of neglect during the Soviet era. Despite this, the mosque has retained almost primeval character.

Bornay mosque built in 1872. The author of the project was the architect PI Romanov. Engaged in construction of a Muslim community of Kazan. Architectural style buildings - a national romantic eclecticism. Finance the construction of merchant MK Burnaev. The mosque is a one-story brick building with a minaret. Entrance to the building is through the minaret. The authors of the project were the architects of the minaret FN Malinowski and LK Hroschonovich. Type the mosque - mosque odnozalnaya - Jami. (This means that there are collective Friday liturgy of the community). But the room is very small and can hold no more than 10 people. The facades of the mosque are decorated with elements of the Tatar medieval architecture and elements of Russian architecture.

The mosque was built by merchant Salih Mustafin at the place where since 1799 there was a wooden mosque, which used shakirdy Apanaevskogo madrassas. In 1831, the merchant had died and passed the mosque, Muslims living nearby. They formed a new parish mosque. It was the third Muslim parish church. This Muslim community and built a new bornay mosque.

In 1930-1994 gg. mosque has not acted. Today it is an active mosque. The people call it "foreign" due to the fact that her parish mainly consists of foreigners.