Its restoration was completed and it was opened for worship on 26.03.2022. In the last restoration, a narthex was added to the mosque.

It is located on the corner of Yeni Gündoğumu Street and Esvapçı Street on the old Ahmediye Street in the Ahmediye district. There are courtyard gates opening onto both roads. Due to the slope of the land, the courtyard is accessed via a staircase from the cut stone and inscription-free gate on the street side. This complex, considered one of the most beautiful examples of 18th century Turkish building art that adorns Üsküdar, consists of a mosque, a madrasah, a library, a fountain and two fountains.

There is a large inscription stone under a wide cornice with stalactites opening onto Gündoğumu Street. Underneath it, the arched marble door with floral embroideries in relief and lacework on the edges is a work of art in itself. The inscription, written in four lines, is as follows:

Eminzade, the Most Gracious Haji Ahmed
Sütûde-menkabet Ağa-yi zî-şân
This delicate and sweaty place is Üsküdar
Idub is the one who is deprived of the favor of Allah
He built this mosque, the Kepçe Mosque
He brought water to the atlantic reyyan
The building was a great classroom
Spending the wealth of the pharaoh on this path
Let the science of religion, jurisprudence and religious duties be studied.
Ehâdis-i Nebi tefsîr-i Quran
His good deeds are accepted by God
Mu'ammer also remembers the Lord of Mercy
Müzehheb nusha-i ikbali until the resurrection
There was a time when the ruler of the world was
Didi is a wise man of pure history
A collection of knowledge and wisdom.

There is no number written under the inscription.

The marble door in question was called the school or dervish lodge door. The door opening to the street was called the library door. On the right side of the door opening to the street is a magnificent fountain dated 1134 (1722) and on the left side is one of the most beautiful fountains of the Tulip Period, built on the same date. The door leads to a corridor with vaulted arches. A staircase on the right side leads to the classroom. The fountain is also entered from a door on the left. The courtyard of the complex is reached from the corridor. Immediately to the left is the ablution fountain area. In front of the numerous fountains is a portico supported by four marble columns and on the sides and behind this are the madrasah rooms.

The square planned mosque is made of stacked stone, while the minaret on the left is made entirely of cut stone. The wooden Kefçe Dede Mosque used to be on the site of the current mosque. The narthex at the front of this mosque and the wooden ceremonial vault above it have been demolished. The old arched door of this place can still be seen on the facade of the mosque.

The prayer hall is entered through the arched door on the right corner of the mosque. There is a 20-line Arabic inscription on the door, dated 1134, the date of which is as follows:

Fella Husnu Ahmed bin El-Amin Kadin
I am a mosque, let me not bury my head in shame
1134 (1721)

On this inscription and in a medallion was the following inscription, which does not exist today:

25 L. year 1277

Ali Efendi was successful in the repair of the date
He also revived the holy mosque of Ahmediyya

The temple was revived on May 6, 1861.

The above inscription was written by Kavsarazâde Selim Efendi. He became Nişancı in Safar 1129. He became the Emîn of Fatwa in 1138 (1725) and then the judge of Mecca. He died on the 1138th of Dhul-Hijjah 11 (August 1726). His grave is in the 1st Block and Section A of the Karacaahmet Cemetery.

The single dome of the temple is placed on a drum with eight faces and a window on each face. The dome and walls are decorated with embroidery. The marble decorated preaching pulpit is very beautiful. The decorated and carved pulpit is a masterpiece. A hadith is written on the edge of its cone and a tile with a Kaaba picture is placed on its mihrab.

For Ahmet Ağa, the founder of the complex Ottoman RegisterThere is the following information: He was the brother of İzmirli Ali Pasha. After his education, he became the Istanbul customs officer. In 1117 (1705), he became the silahdar, then the ağa of the sipahis and the chief servant, and in Muharram 1127 (1715) he became the silahdar ağa again and was dismissed in Rajab of the same year. In Şaban, he became the ağa of the sipahis and again the customs officer, and in Cemaziyelâhir 1128 (May 1716) he became the beylerbey of Erzurum with the rank of pasha. On the fourth of Şevval (September 21) of that year, his rank was removed and he was sent to Arşuva Fortress. In 1129 (1717), he became a sergeant major, then the mint superintendent, and in 1134 Şaban (May 1722), he became a sergeant major again, in 1135, the mint superintendent, and in 1139 (1726), he was appointed the shipyard superintendent. Then, he became the building superintendent of Ahmet I.

Ahmet Ağa passed away in 1143 (1730). His grave is in the graveyard between the mosque and the classroom. The graveyard facing Gündoğumu Street has marble columns and ironwork. It has six windows. The following inscription is written on the headstone of his sarcophagus, which is in the shape of a angular column without a cap:

The-Fatiha

“Dirîğa Hacı Ahmed, owner of charity, Eminzade
Who was determined to abandon the mortal world and go to the hereafter
The deceased sacrificed his wealth and life for the sake of God.
He knew that the world is not eternal, but the highest and the best.
The breath of the heavens is clear, and the Almighty is
May the Messenger of Allah be with you in the highest heaven.
With this verse he said, "The history of the world has come once again"
The Eminzade passed away from this world to the highest garden.”
Year 1143

An identical version of this inscription was also written on the outer surface of the footstone so that it could be read from the street.

Source: Üsküdar Throughout the Centuries, Page 63

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