The Sunni Mosque is known for its picturesque setting against the dramatic backdrop of the Caucasus Mountains.

The city government allocated a plot of land on the left bank of the Terek river for this construction.

On January 24, 1914, a letter of gratitude to M. Mukhtarov from Ingush representatives was published in the Muslim Newspaper [ru]:[3] On Friday, January 10, 1914, agronomist M. Dzhabagiev, in the Sunni Mosque, read a letter received in the name of the Society for Education of the Ingush people from Mr. M. Mukhtarov, the letter states that Mr. Mukhtarov donated 5,000 rubles to the Society for the construction of a school.

On this occasion, on January 12, a general meeting of members of the Society for Education of the Ingush people was held and it was discussed to send to Mr. Mukhtarov, a word of gratitude and award him the title of honorary member of the society, by the chairman of the society K. Kozlov, fellow chairman G. Malsagov, members of S. Bazorkin and the mullah of the Vladikavkaz mosque T. Giriev.In 1960, under Soviet rule, it came under complete protection, in which a branch opened an indoor museum.

Communism's fall brought the collapse of the Soviet Union, but within dispersion over the gatherings of Ossetian Muslims, the mosque returned to its usual function as a house of worship in 1996.