[4] In modern times, the existence of the Qubba was first documented by French scholars in 1947, with architectural historian Boris Maslow publishing notes about it in 1948.

Due to the rising ground level and the construction of other structures around it, over half of the Qubba was buried under 7-8 meters of debris.

The French scholars refrained from any significant reconstruction or restoration, leaving the structure essentially as found, and published their findings in the 1950s.

[3] The interior is richly decorated with carved floral and vegetal patterns (pine cones, palms and acanthus leaves), palmette/seashell shapes, and calligraphy.

The water for this fountain and the ablutions kiosk was drawn via bronze pipes from a nearby cistern covered by a barrel vault, which can be found today behind these structures.

[3] The supply of water to this cistern probably relied in turn on the revolutionary hydraulics of khettaras, a drainage system characteristic of historic Morocco.