Historically the area has been part of the location in which Georgian Mamluk Hassan Pasha established his administration complex.

During the 1980s and 1990s, attention was given to the street by Iraqi state officials who sought to harmonize and with the cultural heritage that occupied the areas of Zuqaq al-Sarai.

Due to this, after the Gulf War the Department of Antiquities, a project to preserve old areas of Baghdad, including Zuqaq al-Sarai, was launched in late 2001.

[7] One of the most important places in the street is the al-Qushla complex which was an Ottoman military base, a government institution, and was, according to some Iraqi historians, part of the old walls of Baghdad.

[4] The complex remained in use even throughout British control of Iraq, with its main gate being the one that faces Souk al-Sarai.

The mosque is believed to predate the Ottoman Empire but was rebuilt in its current form by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

The house was a private diwaniyya for several Iraqi officials and a casino where gambling, wine tables, and art were held.