the women's section today. A balcony in the back wall also served as a dikka. The northern and southern iwans, along the sides, are much smaller and shallower. The annexes of the building include 18 living units which were reserved for staff. The interior is richly paved and paneled with black and white marble across the floors and along dadoes of the lower walls. Along the top edge of the dadoes, all around the courtyard, runs a fine and ornate Kufic Arabic inscription inscribed with black bitumen inset into a white marble background. The walls above this, especially around the large arches of the iwans, are carved with arabesque motifs and other Arabic inscriptions. The spandrels of the northern and southern iwan arches feature central medallions carved with the epigraphic blazon of Sultan al-Ghuri. The mihrab niche, as usual, is one of the most richly-decorated elements and features radiating patterns of black and white marble mosaics around its semi-dome and geometric marble mosaics covering the middle section of the niche. The wall on either side of it is also covered in marble mosaic paneling much like the qibla wall of the older al-Mu'ayyad Mosque. The huge minaret is visible from near Bab Zuwayla, and is a four storied rectangular tower of a considerable height. The uppermost part of the tower had a four-headed or quadruple-lantern structure and was the first of its kind to be built in Cairo. It was probably built in stone originally but was rebuilt in brick soon after its construction due to structural problems. It was originally covered in blue tiles. This upper section in brick collapsed in the 19th century and was replaced with the present five-headed pinnacle. The balustrades of the balconies have also been replaced with simple wooden versions. Khanqah-mausoleum (eastern building) The khanqah and other annexes The main facade of the funerary compound is paneled with recesses crowned with a rectangular muqarnas crest, unlike the mosque façade. The main portal leads to an unusual vestibule with two opposite entrances, each with its own trilobed portals. the one on the right-hand side leading to the mausoleum and the other to the khanqah. On the northwestern corner is a sabil-kuttab which projects outward into the street. The sabil, distinguished by its large metal grille windows, is located on the ground floor while the kuttab, with double-arched windows, is built above it. This sabil-kuttab configuration