The complex has a main façade that takes maximum advantage of the view and at the same time exposes itself to the crowds below. The complex projects a long front façade that includes the sabil-kuttab, minaret, trilobed groin-vaulted portal, windows inside large rectangular panels, and a stone dome. The dome is embellished by a handsomely carved arabesque pattern with triangular corner supports.
The hill’s slope presented a challenge which the architect cleverly overcame by raising the mosque on storage rooms so that the various parts of the façade would be at the same height; the top has one continuous line of crenelations, contributing to its uniformity and coherence. The interior follows the hall plan; the qibla iwan is roofed by a shallow vault on pendentives. The opposite iwan is covered by a cross-vault. The minaret is entirely rectangular. Both minarets of Qanibay are surmounted by a double-headed structure, a departure from the standard bulb carried on eight columns.
The complex was first restored in 1895, and underwent restoration again in the early 2000s.
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