It was established by the governor of Cairo Koca Sinan Pasha around 1571.

When the mosque was built the site was on the Nile shore which has since shifted westward.

[1] The mosque's architecture combines Mamluk and Ottoman features.

The last include its free-standing position in a garden and the gallery surrounding its square prayer hall on three sides roofed with eleven shallow domes.

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