| Karađoz Bey Mosque | |
| Map Type: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Map Size: | 225px |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 43.3411°N 17.8139°W |
| Religious Affiliation: | Sunni Islam |
| Location: | Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Festivals: | --> |
| Organizational Status: | --> |
| Architect: | Mimar Sinan |
| Architecture Type: | Mosque |
| Architecture Style: | Ottoman architecture |
| Year Completed: | 1557 |
| Date Destroyed: | --> |
| Length: | 13m (43feet) |
| Width: | 13m (43feet) |
| Dome Quantity: | 1 |
| Dome Height Outer: | 16.49m (54.1feet) |
| Dome Height Inner: | 15.89m (52.13feet) |
| Dome Dia Outer: | 10.72m (35.17feet) |
| Minaret Quantity: | 1 |
| Minaret Height: | 34.5m (113.2feet)[1] |
| Materials: | stone |
| Elevation Ft: | --> |
| Designation1: | kons |
| Designation1 Offname: | Karađoz-beg mosque in Mostar, the architectural ensemble |
| Designation1 Type: | Category I cultural monument |
| Designation1 Criteria: | A. B. C. i. iii. iv. v. vi. D. ii..iii. iv. v. E. i..ii. iii..iv. v. F. i..ii. iii. G. i. ii..iii. iv..v..vi. vii. H.i..ii. iii. I. i. ii. iii. |
| Designation1 Date: | 4 May 2004 |
| Designation1 Free1name: | Decision no. |
| Designation1 Free1value: | 07.1-2-113/04-1 |
| Designation1 Free2name: | Listed |
| Designation1 Free2value: | List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Karađoz Bey Mosque (Bosnian: Karađoz-begova džamija, Turkish: Karagöz Mehmed Bey Camii) is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
With its big dome and high minaret, it is one of the largest mosques in the region.
An Arabic foundation inscription on the mosque records that it was commissioned by Mehmed Beg b. Abu al-Saʿadat’ who was a brother of a vizier in the year AH 965 (1557–58). Some scholars have claimed that the vizier was the Ottoman grand vizier Rustem Pasha, but Rustem Pasha is recorded as having only one brother, Sinan Pasha.
The mosque may have been designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. It is in the form of a domed cube fronted by a double portico. The three domes of the inner portico are supported by four marble columns. The outer portico has a shed roof resting on small octagonal pillars. The large 10.65m (34.94feet) dome of the mosque sits on an octagonal fenestrated drum which is supported by eight-pointed arches.
The mosque was severely damaged during World War II, and faced near destruction during the Bosnian War in the early 1990s. However, Karađoz Bey Mosque, like the rest of Mostar, underwent extensive repairs between 2002 and 2004. The mosque was completely renovated and reopened to the public in July 2004.