This is one of the eight rectangular lunette panels above the windows on the north facade of the mosque. The tiles with the text in thuluth script were made in Iznik in around 1557 - the year when the mosque was completed. These lunette panels are the earliest example of tiles decorated with bole-red, a colour that would become a characteristic feature of Iznik pottery. For other pictures of the lunettes see:
Denny, Walter B. (2004) Iznik: the Artistry of Ottoman Ceramics, London: Thames & Hudson, p. 84 ISBN: 978-0-500-51192-3.
Necipoğlu, Gülru (2005) The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire, London: Reaktion Books, p. 217 ISBN: 978-1-86189-253-9.
This panel is the third from the left hand side. The lunette panels on the right side of the facade quote the Throne verse from the Quran (2,255), those on the left side the last verse of the Fath sura (48,29).(see Necipoğlu 2005 p. 217)
a pɔŋ – ka fo naŋ tɔgele, ŋmɛyaare ane toɔle a toma
a laŋtaa – a sage a toma
A yi a sobie ama yuoŋ:
de manneneŋ – Aseŋ ka fo tere emmuo naŋ senne,a wanne sase-miri naŋ wullo o sobuo ane ka tɛgere kaŋ eɛ. Fo na baŋ eɛ lɛ yi lɛ na zaa fõõ naŋ boɔrɔ, kyɛ ka a ta e ŋa o soba la ko fo sori bee fo de tonne.
tɔreko ayitaaloŋ mine – Ka fooŋ wa leɛ laŋtaa, leɛre kyɛ bee mɛ poɔ a yɛlɛ mineŋ see ka fo poŋ a fo boma na fo naŋ leɛre. a lɛ ne o zu bee sagedeebo laasene ka o e a papa meŋa.