It comprises a public fountain or sabil, an elementary Quran school or kuttab, and an adjacent residential wing.

Built in 1744 CE, it is named for its patron, a Mamluk amir (prince) and leader of the Egyptian Janissaries, who died in 1776.

Sabil is an Arabic word for the place or the building which offers free fresh drinking water to passers-by or whoever asks for it.

The building is open on three sides and consists of grey and white stones inlaid with marble reliefs.

The kuttab is located on the second floor and is composed of five marbled columns holding the painted roof.

The structure sits on a triangular site formed by the splitting of Al-Muizz Street into two branches.

It serves as a visual focus for the termination of this major spine, especially to those approaching it from the monuments of the Qalawunids in the Bayn al-Qasrayn area.

The three sides of the building (northern, southern and western) are symmetrical, accurately identical, and all equal in length.