Muhammad Ali chose to build his state mosque entirely in the architectural style of his former overlords, the Ottomans, unlike the Mamluks who, despite their political submission to the Ottomans, stuck to the architectural styles of the previous Mamluk dynasties.
Muhammad Ali valde att bygga moskén helt i stil med sina tidigare härskare, Osmanerna, tvärtemot Mamlukerna som, trots sin politiska undergivenhet till Osmanerna, behöll sin stil av arkitektur från de tidigare Mamluk-dynastierna.