Locally known as Sidi Sayyid ni Jali in Gujarat, the mosque is one of the state's significant religious and historical monuments. Built in the last years of the Gujarat Sultanate, Sidi Sayyid built it on the advice of Bilal Jhajar Khan, who was a general in the army of the last Sultan Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah III. The whole of the mosque is arcuated and is famed for its ten intricately carved stone latticework (or jalis) on the side arches.

The Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, popularly known as Sidi Sayyid ni Jali locally, built in 1572-73 AD (Hijri year 980), is one of the most famous mosques of Ahmedabad, a city in the state of Gujarat, India. The Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, popularly known as Sidi Sayyid ni Jali locally, built in 1572-73 AD (Hijri year 980), is one of the most famous mosques of Ahmedabad, a city in the state of Gujarat, India. As attested by the marble tablet fixed on the mosque wall, it was built by Sidi Sayyid in the retinue of Bilal Jhajar Khan, general in the army of the last Sultan Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah III of the Gujarat Sultanate. The mosque was built in the last year of the existence of the Gujarat Sultanate. The mosque is entirely arcuated and is known for its ten intricately carved stone latticework windows (jalis) on the side and rear arches. The rear wall is filled with square stone pierced panels in geometrical designs. The two bays flanking the central aisle have reticulated stone slabs carved in designs of intertwined trees and foliage and a palm motif. This intricately carved lattice stone window is the Sidi Saiyyed Jali, the unofficial symbol of the city of Ahmedabad and the inspiration for the design of the logo of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. The central window arch of the mosque, where one would expect to see another intricate jali, is instead walled with stone. The mosque was not completed according to plan before the Mughals invaded Gujarat.