The portal is painted over in false ablaq. Aside from a missing inscription, there is no indication that its original form has been changed, and there is real ablaq underneath the paint in generally the same pattern. The monolithic lintel is topped by a joggled relieving arch, the articulation of which is difficult to make out, as the painted ablaq may not reflect its actual jointing.
Immediately above the relieving arch begins the ablaq muqarnaṣ, arranged in three tiers of cells, topped by a conch. The lowest tier is higher than the upper two. There is a simply carved boss at the top of the fluted semidome for the purpose of suspending a lamp.
Outside the frontal arch of the conch, the spandrels of the portal are ablaq. A blunt cornice topped the façade, extending around the north side of the minaret base. Several original courses are preserved above this base, but the octagonal ablaq shaft above is probably a later replacement.
Terry Allen. Ayyubid Architecture. Solipsist Press, Occidental, California, 1999.
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