Józef Plośko designed the mosque, and the body adds that he also designed Mukhtarov Palace in Baku. The infobox lists the style as Mamluk, while the body says he drew inspiration from Al-Azhar and other Cairo mosques. The patron was the Azerbaijani millionaire Murtuza Mukhtarov, who gave more than 50,000 of the 80,000 rubles construction cost.
Building permission was issued in 1900, and the mosque opened on October 14, 1908, the date the infobox gives as established. It has one dome and two minarets according to the infobox. The article gives no dimensions, heights or materials.
It stands on the left bank of the Terek River against the Caucasus Mountains and has been a protected historic landmark since 1934. An explosion in 1996 badly damaged it, and it was later restored. The article gives no visiting details.
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