Karađoz Bey Mosque

mosque
Year dem found am	1557
Religion anaa worldview	Islam
Dem name after	Q16107857
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Mostar, City of Mostar
Coordinate location	43°20′29″N 17°48′50″E
Commissioned by	Q16107857
Architect	Mimar Sinan
Architectural style	Ottoman architecture
Heritage designation	National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Street address	Braće Fejića bb, 88000 Mostar

Karađoz Bey Mosque (Bosnian: Karađoz-begova džamija, Turkish: Karagöz Mehmed Bey Camii) be a 16th-century Ottoman mosque insyd de city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1]

Plus ein big dome den high minaret, ebe one of de largest mosques insyd de region.

History

An Arabic foundation inscription for de mosque dey record say na ebe commissioned by Mehmed Beg b. Abu al-Saʿadat’ wey na be a brother of a vizier insyd de year AH 965 (1557–58). Na sam scholars claim say na de vizier be de Ottoman grand vizier Rustem Pasha, buh dem record Rustem Pasha as he get one bro, Sinan Pasha per.^[2]

Na de imperial architect Mimar Sinan fi design de mosque. E dey in de form of a domed cube dem front by a double portico. De three domes of de inner portico be supported by four marble columns. De outer portico get a shed roof wey dey rest for small octagonal pillars top. De large 10.65 metres (34.9 ft) dome of de mosque dey tap for an octagonal fenestrated drum top wich be supported by eight-pointed arches.^[2]

Na dem severely damage de mosque during World War II, wey e face near destruction during de Bosnian War insyd de early 1990s. However, Karađoz Bey Mosque, like de rest of Mostar, undergo extensive repairs between 2002 den 2004. Na dem completely renovate de mosque wey dem reopen am to de public insyd July 2004.

Bibliography

Necipoğlu, Gülru (2005). The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-253-9.
Marić, Ante (2006). "Biskupska kuća u Vukodolu" [The episcopal residence in Vukodol]. Hum (in Croatian) (1): 245–249.

References

↑ "Karađoz-begova džamija, graditeljska cjelina" [Karagöz Bey Mosque, architectural complex] (in Bosnian). Commission for the Preservation of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 4 May 2004. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Necipoğlu 2005, p. 441.

External links

[1] "Karađoz-begova džamija, graditeljska cjelina" [Karagöz Bey Mosque, architectural complex] (in Bosnian). Commission for the Preservation of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 4 May 2004. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Necipoğlu 2005, p. 441.

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