It is a rectangular planned building, which is constructed by cut stones. In 1895, there was a smaller masjid in place of the existing one, in Toros Street. Because of the size of this masjid, it was reconstructed in 1904. On the southern wall at opposite of the doorway, there is a mihrab with an addition of a nearby wooden mimbar.
It is one of the examples of most well-preserved Ottoman’s works of art in Nicosia. The mosque was named after Arab Ahmet Pasha, who was a Turkish conqueror during the conquest of the island. The quarter of the city, which this mosque was built in 1845, was also named after Arab Ahmet Pasha. It is a good example of classical Ottoman’s architecture that reflects the sense of 16.th century. The building is constructed by clearly cut stones, it has a rectangular planned main hall, a hemisphere shaped dome and three smaller domes in the congregations place in front of the building. On the floor of the mosque, there are several well-preserved Middle Age tombstones. There is a fountain at the courtyard and some graves, which belongs to Turks. (Graves of Kamil Pasha, Ishak Pasha etc)
The origins of the Armenian Monastry, located in the west side of the walled city of Nicosia, dates back to the thirteenth century. It is believed that the original church, known as the Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of Tyre, was founded as a principal convent for the women in the island of Cyprus, following the fall of Jerusalem and the expulsion of all religious orders from the city. In 1308, construction of new convent was started, ordered by King Henry II; however it was left unfinished because the king was seized of his power. Even today, the building still has, in appearance all, the marks of a church built in the first decade of the fourteenth century and left unfinished. It is built in gothic style and consists of a 20*20 m. nave with a semi-octagonal apes and cross vaults, and an arch covering the western part. On the three sides of the gothic church arched doorways lead to the interior. At a later stage a small bell-tower was added on the north-eastern wall, and convent buildings were constructed to the north of the church, although these were never completed. On the church floor there are tombstones from the 14th and 15th centuries, most of which bear the names of nuns. After the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus it became the church of the Armenians.