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The first preacher of the mosque was I. Hakkı Bursevi Efendi,
who had a distinguished personality, who was claimed to
perform God given miracles and was the author of a Quran
commentary called Ruhu’l-beyan. He died in 1724, and his
tomb is in the Celvetî Lodge which is around Tuzpazarı in
Bursa. He wrote a myriad of Works. 5 Under the temple and
on Gundoğumu Avenue, there is also a place used to determine
the prayer times during the day. To the left of this
place is a charity Stone. It is written in Mirad-ı Istanbul that
the Rufaian worship services were performed in the mosque.
The architect of this beautiful Tulip Era work is Mehmed Ağa
of Kayseri. Being the master architect of the Tulip Era, he
has other Works both in Istanbul and in Uskudar. He had
replaced Ebu Bekir Ağa, who was the master architect of
Hassa until 1704, but he did not stay in this position for a
long time. in late January 1706, he was replaced by Hacı
Ibrahim Ağa. Being the master architect again in February
3rd, 1709, he built many beautiful works in Istanbul. Among
them, the ones in Uskudar are:
1- The glorious fountain at the Uskudar Pier Square,
2- The Yeni Valide Mosque,
3- The Ahmediye mosque,
4- The Kaptanpasha Mosque, and many other fountains. He
died in 1742, and was buried in the Edirnekapı Cemetary.
He has no gravestones available today. Other than this college,
Ahmet Ağa, who was the Master architect of the Tulip
Era, and Fiduciary Mehmet Ağa, who was called Angel, have
2 other fountains, one being in Uskudar, and the other in
Kasımpaşa. 6
The School Of The Ahmediye Mosque Madrasah
Being one of the premises attached to the Ahmediye College,
the Madrasah is above the Marble yard gate, the fountain,
and the water serving building, which are on Gundoğumu
Avenue. The classroom was built by the Navy Yard Fiduciary
Ahmed Ağa in 1721-22. It served as a school for 182 years,
and then was turned into a lodge by Mahmut Efendi, who
was the Rufaian Imam of the Ahmediye Mosque, and was
a sheikh. Mahmut Efendi died in 1899. 7 For this reason, the
marble yard gate was first called the Madrasah gate, and
then the Lodge gate. Today, one part of the Ahmediye Madrasah
is managed by the District Office in charge of charitable
foundations and is used as an alms house, while another
part is used by the Ministry of Religious Affairs as a Quran
teaching Center. The Madrasah also serves as a dormitory for
50 students. The madrasah consists of 11 rooms which
surround the western and
southern sides of the middle
yard forming an L, and the
classroom above the marble
gate on Gundoğumu Avenue.
Today, all these rooms
which used to host first the
Madrasah students, and
then the dervishes joining
the religious communions and
allusions, serve as classrooms
for students who are trying to
learn and memorize Quran.
The 16-verse history epigraph which is on the marble yard
gate was placed there fort he classroom. The classroom gate
leads to a vaulted hall. The door to the right, and the 2-turn
Stone staircase leads up to the classroom on the top flor.
In front of the 8-cornered and single domed classroom is a
yard with Stone flooring. This yard is blanketed with a porch
with 3 cradle-shaped domes, mounted on the classroom
on both sides, and on elegant marble columns. The column
heads have stalactites. The 5-lined and 10-versed epigraph
prepared by Poet Salim and written with beautiful handwriting
is on the marble arched door.
Cenab-ı sahibu’l-hayat ya’ni el-hac Ahmed kim / Anın nakş-ı
mekin iştiharıdır Eminzade / Hezar ahsenet o merd-i akibet
endiş u agah / Ki olmaz ziynet dihi ruze-i dunyaya dildade
/ Bilub dehrin fenasın da’ima fikr-i muad eyler / Bugunden
hazır eyler zahr u zarın yevm-i miade / Bu beyt-i ilm u fazlı
hasbeten-lillah idub ma’mur / Uluma sa’y iden talibler içun
itdi amade / Salima zeyl-i itmamında nakş itdim bu tarihi / Bu
daru’z-zeyn-i ilmi eyledi tekmil Eminzade.
The classroom is enlightened by 2 rows of Windows, 5
being on the top, and 5 subjacent to the ones on the top
row. Being built totally of hewn Stone, the classroom
also has an alter which is extended outwards, and which
has stalactites on it. To the right of it is a turbine. The designer
of this beautiful complex is Mehmed Ağa of Kayseri.
In front of the domed rooms 5 of which are on the
South and 5 on the east, lies a porch with marble columns,
which is mounted on round archs via diamondshaped
heads. The square shaped madrasah rooms
are equipped with pendanted domes, a a door which
opens to the porch, turbine niches and a chimney. To the
South, where the ablution taps are, a small vaulted piece
of porch which is mounted on 4 marble columns, conjoins
with the classroom. The classroom is situated high
above the entrence gate. There is a porch which mounts
on 6 mukarnas headed marble columns, is blanketed
with cross vaults in the middle, and with domes on the
sides in front of the octagonally planned, arched, low
classroom door which can be reached by climbing stairs.
The 5-lined epigraph on the marble jambed door, which
was prepared by Poet Selim, was written in 1722. In addition
to the entrence and the alter walls in the interior
area, other sides also have Windows one subjacent to
the other. The marble alter is 5-rowed, mukarnased, and
extended outwards.