[3] The mosque was almost-fully collapsed in 1919, but was later refurbished in 1998 by the Dawoodi Bohras, who trace their religious lineage to the Fatimid Caliphate's Shia Islam.

[7] After its façade and vaults collapsed in 1919, the mosque was refurbished by India's Dawoodi Bohra community in the late 1990s.

The Fatimid mosque was built on a promontory of limestone, precariously perched as a detached component of the hill range.

It is one of the early mosques built in Egypt, where the typical Fatimid architectural style, which involved portals with slight protrusions, mihrabs and qibla walls (covered by ornamentation) topped by domes indicative of the place of worship, columned porches with triple arches or keel shaped arches, frontage with inscriptions could be seen.

[3] The Lulua Mosque consisted originally of a three-storey tower-like structure built over a rectangular plan.

The middle floor, barrel vaulted, had an ornamented qibla (Mihrab) at back and one rectangular window.

[7] A manzara[10]) was also built near the mosque, which was used as guest house for foreign visitors and subsequently converted into a hostel for merchants visiting from other countries.