Damaged by numerous earthquakes, the mosque was repaired and restored extensively in 1935. The center of its courtyard is occupied by a building called Darul-Mos'haf (House of Qur'an) which is made of stone and plaster, Tehran-based English newspaper, Iran Daily, reported.
Darul-Mos'haf was a small room, commissioned by Inju'id ruler Mahmud Shah in 1351 CE for preserving copies of the Holy Qur'an. It consists of a rectangular core, with a loggia of three arched bays on each side, and solid circular towers projecting at the outer corners. The ensemble is raised on a marble platform.
Only the towers, the platform and ruined inner walls remain from of the original structure in the early 12th century CE.
It was rebuilt between 1937 and 1954 by then Archeological Department - in keeping with its original design.
Stretched on the north-south axis, the rectangular core of Darul-Mos'haf contains a square hall with four central doorways, and a small vestibule to its north - housing a spiral staircase for roof access. The four doorways on its exterior - three for the square hall and one leading into the vestibule - are flanked by engaged columns and topped with flat muqarnas crowns.
The core, which measures 5.5 X 7 meters, is surrounded by two-meter wide loggias to the east, west and north. The southern loggia, which faces the mosque sanctuary, is 3.5 meters wide.
The 12 pointed arches of the veranda are supported by marble columns with bulbous bases and square columns built into the corner towers. The arches of the east and west loggias are slightly wider. They are separated with rectangular panels resting on two pairs of columns at the center. A muqarnas cornice loops around the loggia arcades and the corner towers below the flat roof.
The sides of the base platform are carved in relief with floral medallions. The date of construction in 1935 is seen on the southeast tower.
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