 Between these and the portal are keel-shaped niches (originating from Fatimid architecture) with radiating red and light stone, below which are inscriptions in Arabic (in either thuluth or naskhi forms), formed with red paste or stone, which together appear to form the "shahada".Further below these inscriptions are panels of "Square" Kufic script, formed with inlaid lapis lazuli blue tiles.One unusual detail is also found above the doorway