The mosque was built in AH 705 (1305/1306) in the Mamluk style by Abd al-Wahid al-Miknasi according to the founding inscription.

The inscription was relocated from a fountain in the courtyard to a wall of the prayer hall during renovations in the 20th century.

15 أنشأ هذا المكان المبارك العبد الفقير إلى الله تعالى عبد الواحد المكناسي غفر الله له ولوالديه ولمن كان السبب فيه للمسلمين في تاريخ سنة خمس وسبعمائة"This blessed place way build by God's humble servant Abd al-Wahid al-Miknasi, may God forgive him, as well as his parents and anyone who has been the cause of it [its construction] for the Muslims, in the year seven hundred and five.

The wealthy Abd al-Wahid offered to buy the khan and after its acquisition transformed it into a mosque.

[1]: 28 The stories of a transformation of a khan into a mosque can be supported by material evidence: That the mihrab is located at an angle to the qibla suggests that an older wall was reused.