[1][2][3] It bears inscriptions from the 12th and 17th centuries: one dated 1191 in Saladin's name, and two mentioning Yusuf Agha, possibly a governor of Jerusalem or a eunuch in the Ottoman imperial palace.
[1][4][5] A rectangular semi-enclosed structure resembling an aedicule,[6] the Dome of Yusuf sits upon a solid stone wall and is supported by three pointed open arches.
On the northern face of the southern wall, there are stone carvings and a marble-faced blind niche.
It is one of several structures jutting out of the southern end of the raised platform (terrace) of the Dome of the Rock.
The less-ornamental Dome of Yusuf Agha is a separate building, located in a plaza in the south of the compound.