The complex is named after Zeynel Abidin, the fourth imam in the Twelver and Isma'ili Shi'a Islamic approaches.
Zeynel Abidin and his sister Siti Zeynep are known as 13th-generation grand children of Muhammad.
It consists of a mosque, built in the place where the church of Santa Febronia of Nisibis, Christian martyr,[2] a medrese (school) and tombs of both Zeynel Abidin and his sister Sitti Zeynep.
The tombs of Zeynel Abidin and Siti Zeynep are located at the south east of the mosque.
[3] This site, together with the nearby Mor Yakup Church, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on April 15, 2014, in the Cultural category.