[2][1] The building was actually a külliye, or religious complex, consisting of a madrasa, a mosque, a mausoleum for the founder, and other elements arranged around two courtyards.

[3][5] The foundation of the complex is well-documented thanks to several surviving inscriptions on the building which record the founder, Isa the Artuqid, and the date, 2nd Muharram 787 AH (3 February 1385 AD).

[6] Between 1932 and 1950s, the southern portico of the main courtyard partially collapsed and some of the decoration at the top of the portal disappeared.

[2][6] The long southern façade of the building is easily visible, arranged along a street on higher ground overlooking the city below.

[3] The design of the teardrop medallion consists of a symmetrical calligraphic composition (known as muthannā or muṣanna) featuring the phrase tawakkulī 'alā Allāhi ta'ālā ("I place my trust in God, may He be exalted"), arranged around a vertical axis of symmetry and topped by a vegetal motif of palmettes.

A band of text containing a Qur'anic verse (At-Tawbah, 9:18), in a form of thuluth script, wraps around this composition.

Inside this is another inscription band that consists of the same phrase found in the center of the teardrop medallion, except here it is repeated over and over in Kufic script.

[3] In the middle of the western corridor, on the north wall, is a niche covered by muqarnas canopy, opposite which is the entrance to the mosque chamber.

The dome transitions to the square space below it through the use of squinches sculpted into muqarnas corners with ablaq (two-coloured) stonework around them.

[4] Above both the doorway and the mihrab is a teardrop medallion similar to the one in the entrance portal, featuring the same phrase again in a symmetrical calligraphic composition, but in a smaller scale and with a different design.

At the back of the iwan is a wall fountain, framed by ablaq decoration, which feeds a water channel in the middle of the floor that empties in the courtyard's pool.

[3] In the middle of this gallery, on the south wall, is a small mihrab consisting of a plain niche with simple semi-dome.

The mausoleum has been significantly restored, including the dome and its now plain squinches, but it has preserved its general character.

The north side of this terrace, at the back, is occupied by a vaulted gallery and portico which was ruined by the 1950s and subsequently restored.