[1] The mosque consists of three arcades with intersecting vaults supported by large stone columns.

[1] A stone dome with corners decorated by muqarnas design and mosaic windows is situated atop the middle of the prayer hall.

[2] Al-Jawali Mosque was built on the orders of the Mamluk Governor of Gaza and Palestine, Sanjar al-Jawli, between 1318 and 1320 during the sultanate of an-Nasir Muhammad.

[1] Fifteenth-century Egyptian historian al-Maqrizi noted that mosque's ceiling was made of "beautifully dressed stone.

"[3] According to English churchman Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, the mosque was built on the tomb of Judah, which was destroyed in the process.