[1] The mosque, along with its minaret, was completely rebuilt and restored in the 1960s by the Ministry of Awqaf in its current shape to this day.

[2] The minaret dates back to the time of the Abbasid Caliphate and has been standing for 1,200 years and used to be the highest point in Baghdad.

[8] Residents would favor coming to the mosque and remained until close to night time to discuss various private affairs.

[7][9] The most notable part of the mosque is its 34-metre (112 ft) Abbasid minaret which is still surviving in its original form dating back to that period.

Al-Khulafa Mosque was also notably mentioned in the Ibn Battuta’s travel record when he visited Baghdad in 1327.

The former of these is a short, thick, heavy column, of the most graceless proportions, built of bricks, diagonally crossed, and varied on colours, as in the minaret of the Great Mosque at Mousul.

[2] Makiya was a Baghdadi architect who was concerned in architectural heritage, and the many traditional ways they're built which would lead him to work on the project.

Makiya has also decided to keep using traditional Iraqi bricks as the main building resource for the mosque to reflect the local identity.

Makiya's mosque restoration later impacted his work as he would design future buildings that reflected traditional culture without neglecting modern architectural features.

[17] Al-Hanafi was also bold in his position as he prevented the installation of loudspeakers in the mosque and instead preferred to do the call of prayer on the pulpit.

[11] However, today there is a concern of its collapsing due to the lack of maintenance allegedly stemming from the sectarian segregation between the Sunni-oriented mosque and the Shi'i-majority government.

[20] Despite its important historical background, the mosque has also lost its relevancy among the Baghdadi public eye throughout the years in favor of Souk al-Ghazali.

The paper also noted the lack of knowledge of the mosque's history and significance among the locals during an opinion survey.

It is about 35 meters high with a cylindrical shape that includes four layers of muqarnas supporting the base of the minaret.