The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan in Cairo in Egypt may have served as a model for the minaret and other features such as the decoration of the attic.

The iwans are not emphasized as individual structures as in the Persian examples but are mere openings in a large screen wall.

[1][2] Irregularly shaped rooms fill the triangular spaces between the actual mosque and the outside facade on the north, south and east wall because the mosque is built at an angle to the street grid so that the qibla wall may point to Makkah.

The west facade opens to the Medinah Road with a large cubic structure added to the northern end.

This large Iwan with the minaret on the left and the mosque connecting at a right angle to the right, both accessible by a flight of steps, form an iconic group that easily catches the eye when looking north along the Medinah road.