View of the mosque from the tourist police office in Citadel.

The mosque and the Gawhara Terrace.

The mosque was designed by a Greek architect, Yusuf Bushnaq, who designed this based on the Mosque of Sultan Ahmad in Istanbul (aka the Blue Mosque).

The main material is limestone but the lower storey and forecourt is tiled with alabaster up to 11,3 meters.

The walls and piers of the mosque are paneled with alabaster; unless frequently cleaned, the stone also becomes terribly grimy.

Western face of the mosque

The arcade in front of the western entrance

Those mace-like objects are lamps.

Western entrance opens straight into the courtyard.

The courtyard of the mosque. In the middle of the courtyard is a marble ablution fountain with a carved wooden roof on columns.

This Clock is a gift from King Louis-Philippe of France in thanks for the obelisk (now in Place de la Concorde in Paris) that Egypt gave to France.

The courtyard is surrounded by rounded arcades carrying small domes. These domes are supported by large, though relatively simple marble columns.