It serves as the primary mosque for the Old City of Hyderabad,[3] and is located close to the historic landmarks of Charminar, Chowmahalla Palace and Laad Bazaar.

[5][2] The three-arched facades[dubious – discuss] have been carved from a single piece of granite, which took five years to quarry.

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, a French explorer, in his travelogue observed:It is about 50 years since they began to build a splendid pagoda in the town which will be the grandest in all India when it is completed.

[6] On 18 May 2007, a bomb exploded inside the Makkah Masjid during Friday prayers, killing at least sixteen people and injuring dozens more.

Each minaret is topped by a dome, and adjoined to an arcaded balcony lining either side of the prayer hall.

These are housed in a rectangular, arched, and canopied building, which was added in 1914 during the rule of Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Asaf Jahi ruler.