It is located in the Çinili area, where Allame Street and Çinçin Hamam Street meet. There are courtyard gates opening onto Çinili Mescit Street and Çinçinli Hamam Street.

On the door of the mosque opening onto Çinçinli Hamam Street, there is the following inscription of twelve lines in three lines prepared by the poet Fevzi Efendi:

Sultan Ibrahim Khan
Hazrat Sultan-i Ekrem mother
He built this building for the good of his people.
This is the monument of worship
Invite to mercy in five times
The destination is a monument and a martyr
He built a school, a fountain, a bathhouse and a public fountain
Whoever God bestows grace and favor upon him
The good people obey in this.
Include it, O Lord, in the presence of the Almighty.
History of Fevzi's words and meaning
It happened in one thousand and fifty, hayru'l-valide

The mosque was built in 1050 (1640) by the wife of Sultan Ahmet I, mother of Sultan IV. Murat and Sultan Ibrahim. Mahpeyker Kosem Sultan It was built by. In addition to the mosque, a madrasah, a fountain, a public fountain, a school, a fountain and a double bath were built.

The courtyard is surrounded by a wall with windows and cut stone coping. On the left side of this door, under a pointed dome with eight marble columns, there is a beautiful fountain with a marble grid, and in front of it and inside the courtyard wall window, there is a fountain.

On the left side of the temple and behind, on the terrace, there is a seven-room, horseshoe-shaped madrasah or darülkurra with a classroom, and on the side of the madrasah and in the direction of the mosque's qibla, there are two marble sarcophagi. These graves, which have no inscriptions on their foot and head, belong to Behram Ağa and his wife. To their right is a rather large fire pool. This cut stone structure, which was later covered, has two fountains on the side facing the mosque and one on the side facing the courtyard gate. None of the three have inscriptions.

The last congregation place of the mosque is reached by five steps. The temple is surrounded by a fringe supported by 22 marble columns on three sides.

The narthex is covered with the most beautiful tiles of the period, but some of them were lost and replaced with new ones.

On the right side, there is a minaret with a single balcony made of cut stone. The lower part of the balcony is shaped.

On the main door opening to the mosque nave, there is the following inscription of three couplets:

My dearest lady, truly my Valide Sultan.
Sincerity is the glory of God in doing good deeds.
He donated many properties to this mosque.
He succeeded in his charitable works thanks to the Divine help.
When it was done, he said to Himmet,
The obedience in this mosque is acceptable to the Subhanî

There is no date written under the inscription. The number 1051 is obtained by Abjad calculation.

The square-planned temple has a single, blind dome. The dome is mounted on an eight-sided drum mounted on corner squinches. The four walls of the mosque are covered with serapa tiles up to the dome drum. It is as if the most exquisite examples of our 20th century tile making are exhibited in this lovely mosque. The harmonious harmony of tulips, roses, carnations and daisies decorated with white, black, light blue, purple, navy blue, red and green colors on the tiles is very beautiful. The temple receives light from XNUMX windows, one above the other. The tile panels above the lower windows have white on a purple background. Besmele ve Ayet-el Kursi It is written. Under the upper windows, white on a purple background Surah of Conquest It was written on the window shutters. Qasida-i Burde The dome is decorated with hand-drawn works.

Its pulpit, made of solid marble, is a wonderful example of stonework. Its network patterns are unique. Its cone, rising on four columns, is covered with colorful tiles.

Its altar is also completely covered with tiles. From the tile panels on its right Besmele The entire written one and two pieces from the upper row of the left one have disappeared.

There is also a sultan's gallery inside the mosque.

The Tiled Mosque was repaired between 1306-8 (1890-93) when it was in a very dilapidated state. In 1964, the cone and honeycomb sections of the minaret were destroyed by lightning and were later repaired in a way that did not match the original. We understand this from the reliefs on the honeycomb section just below the cone and the large leaf motifs placed under the balcony.

Evliya Celebi is famous TravelogueIn his book; “This Kösem Valide Sultan is the wife of Sultan Ahmet Khan and the mother of Osman Khan, Murat IV and İbrahim Khan. Since Sultan Ahmet, seven sultans have worked during their time and had this mosque built for their own pleasures. It is a bright mosque with a large dome, an outer hall, a harem and a minaret in an airy place on a hill.” While listing the soup kitchens in Üsküdar, Çelebi mentions a work of Kösem Sultan under the name of Yeni Valide Soup Kitchen as; “It has many blessings for the weak, the needy and the guests in front of the Selâtin Garden.” While describing the Kösem Sultan Guesthouse, he writes; “It is a magnificent high palace built for the ayan and the nobles to sleep in. Kethüda Arslan Ağa still lived in it.” These works do not exist today.

Hadika'and there is the following record:

“….. The Büyük Valide Inn in Istanbul is from the foundation of this mosque and the small mosque inside the inn is also a charitable work of Kösem Sultan. Every year, two people from the Teberderan group, called small saka and large saka, are appointed for those who go on pilgrimage and they serve water on the roads and sugar sherbet in some places to the pilgrims and to have a verse from the great Quran read in the presence of the Sultan and in the mosques of the sultans on the day the Surre leaves Istanbul. It is also from the foundation of Valide Sultan. There is a mosque in Anadolu Kavağı.”

Among the foundations of Kösem Sultan were also the sending of many gifts to be distributed to the people in Mecca and Medina. In addition to the charitable works mentioned above, she is also the benefactor of the Valide Madrasah Mosque and the fountain next to it near Sultanselim. The grand palace of Grand Vizier Cerrah Mehmet Pasha was located on the site of the inn on Çakmakçılar Hill. This Cesim inn served as a bank at that time and the money and valuables of the great wealthier people were kept here.

Architect of the Tiled Mosque Kasım AğaHe was the Chief Architect twice, and in 1049 (1633) he built the Üsküdar Palace and the garden of this palace. 'The Baltacilar's Ward'He repaired the building and also built a small barn. Kasım Ağa, who built the Iftariye Gazebo in Topkapı Palace in the same year, is also considered to be the builder of the Bağdat Kiosk. Ağa, who proved his artistic power with the Tiled Mosque, is also the architect of the Bayram Pasha Madrasah, tomb and fountain in Haseki.

Kasım Ağa also had a madrasah built in his own name in Şehzadebaşı, near Hoşkadem Mosque, and a fountain built next to Hacı Köçek Mosque in Üsküdar, Saraçhanebaşı and Mahmutpaşa. According to Evliya Çelebi, while Kasım Ağa was the chief architect, he built a Albanian BelgradeHe had a fountain built in Berat, also known as the Imam Hatip Church, in 1054 (1644).

Kasım Ağa has a fountain in Üsküdar, where Çinçinli Hamam Street, where the Çinili Mosque is located, meets Kartalbaba Street. Right next to this fountain, 'Kasim Baba Tomb' It is believed that this tomb belongs to Kasım Ağa. The district still bears his name. There was also a lodge next to the tomb.

History of NaimaAccording to what we learned from the Ottoman Empire, the Tiled Mosque was “completed with its madrasah and the double bathhouse was also close to completion” in the Ramadan of 1051 (December 1641).

Since only the name of the mosque is mentioned in the work, it means that the mosque was named Çinili after a while after its construction. Evliya Çelebi also mentions the mosque as Kösem Valide Sultan Mosque.

The date 1050 seen on the courtyard gate is the completion date of the courtyard walls, gate, fountain and ablution fountain, and the temple was completed at least 6-10 months after this date.

In the direction of the mosque's qibla, there are the graves of Kösem Sultan's chamberlain Behram Ağa and his wife. The graves are in the shape of sarcophagi and have no inscriptions on them. Behram Ağa's grave is in the shape of a polygonal column, while his wife's is plain. Large rosette reliefs were made on the sides of the sarcophagus. Ağa, who was from Üsküdar, passed away on 18 Cemaziyelâhir 1056 (1 August 1646) and Arslan Ağa, the son of Kurt Ağa, the founder of the Şeyh Mosque, became the Mother Chamberlain. Behram Ağa said, "He was a man of great power and vastness. He was attentive to his master's interests and charities." (Osmâ Sicillnî, 2/33)

The Tiled Mosque and its fountain were repaired in 1318 (1900) during the time of the Minister of Foundations Galip Pasha.

Source: Üsküdar Throughout the Centuries, Page 162

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