Bylo to velmi odlišné od ostatních mešit, jako nebyl mihrab mešity směřující Mekky. Mezi kalif paláce a mešity byla postavena silnice na sloupech, aby kalif mohl jít do mešity bez obav, že budou zavražděni.
It was very different from the other mosques, such was not the mosque's mihrab pointing towards Mecca. Between the Caliph's palace and the mosque was built a road on the poles so that the caliph could go to the mosque without risking being killed.