Iljaz Bey Mirahor Mosque is a cultural heritage monument in Korça. This monument is of the "Architecture" type, approved in March 1948 and September 1971. Its typology is a mosque, built in the Ottoman period in 1495 - 1496.
The mosque was built by Iljaz bey Mirahori in his waqf, this is an indication of the first waqf in Albanian lands and the first mosque with a dome built in Albanian lands.
• On the entrance door of the mosque is written: The builder of this good and useful work Iljas Bey Mirahori. built this mosque in the year nine hundred and one (according to the old Islamic "Hijri" calendar).
The mosque has an area of 11.75 x 11.75 m. It consists of a central prayer hall, museum paintings and mafil over the entrance gate. The canopy of the main hall had a dome lined with lead, while the entrance has Quranic verses written in lead as well. In front of the mosque, the clock tower and Mejtepi (Madrasa) were built in 1496, which is marked as the school of Mirahori for boys and girls.
The mosque is valued as one of the most important monuments of Ottoman architecture in Albania, becoming the cornerstone of the center of the kasaba of Korça and also being the oldest monument of this settlement.
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