The mausoleum dates back to the 11th century, and was first administered by the Seljuk court, which was mainly a Sunni Islamic institution.

The base of the muqarnas dome was a tall cube bolstered by pillars, one in each corner, that were made of baked brick.

The shell of the dome consisted of three increasingly narrower octagonal drums, each rotated slightly to form a spiral effect.

[11] An inscription on the exterior of the mausoleum states that the building is a turba, or tomb, of Abu 'Abd-Allah Muhammad Al-Durri, a senior scholar of Ad-Dawr and the son of the seventh Shia Imam, Musa Al-Kadhim.

Another inscription states that the entombed is the Uqaylid amir, Sharaf al-Dawla Muslim ibn Quraysh who died in 1085.