Post-Fatimid Era
At various times, the mosque was used as a prison for captured "Franks" during the Crusades, as a stable by Saladin, as a fortress by Napoleon, and as a local school. In 1980 the mosque was extensively refurbished in white marble and gold trim by Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin the head of the Dawoodi Bohra, an international Ismaili sect based in India. However, remnants of the original decorations are still seen: stucco carvings, timber tie-beams, and Quranic inscriptions.
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