The professors and some others formed the Council of Ministers. And there, at the head, sat the esteemed Sheikh. Its members were four government officials, the Director of the Awqaf, and one other.

The curriculum was expanded, adding sciences not taught at Al-Azhar, such as drawing, geometry, hygiene, natural history, and medicine.

A council of scholars was formed at Al-Azhar, consisting of thirty members elected from among the professors who had attained a certain degree. This council enacted its own laws and its members addressed the general public and Al-Azhar students three times a week in three specific locations.

Many kings and princes who ruled Egypt after the Mamluks contributed to the construction of Al-Azhar Mosque and made additions to it. Notably, Sultan Al-Zahir Baybars Al-Bunduqdari of the Mamluk sultans, Sayyid Muhammad Pasha, a governor of the Ottoman state, Ismail Bey and Abd al-Rahman Bey, Mamluk princes. The aforementioned Abd al-Rahman built within the prayer hall of Al-Azhar Mosque a section approximately half the length and width of the hall, containing fifty marble columns and fifty more of raised, carved stone pillars. Its roof was made of pure wood, and he added a new minaret and a well. He also built next to it, towards Harat Katama, a library with arches supported by marble columns.

For the education of orphaned Muslim children in the Quran, he built a spacious courtyard and a large cistern. He also provided a fountain for travelers to drink from. He designated a burial place for himself within this courtyard and built over it a Turkish-style dome of exquisite marble craftsmanship. He also allocated a portico for the residents of Sa'ida to seek knowledge, accessible from the courtyard via stairs leading to the portico. It had facilities, amenities, a kitchen, rooms, and a library. Next to this door, he built a minaret and another door towards the mosque's kitchen, on which he also built a minaret.

He also built the Al-Tibrasiyya Madrasa and established it anew. He also built the Al-Aqbidawiyya Madrasa opposite it, inside the large gate he built, towards the graves leading to the shrine of Al-Hussein and Khan al-Rakisah. This gate consisted of two large doors, each with two leaves, and on top of each, he placed a minaret and also a library. Inside, facing the traveler, outside Al-Tibrasiyya, he built a place for ablution and a dome to collect water for it. Inside the ablution area, there were stairs leading to the minaret, the portico of the Baghdadis, and the courtyard of this gate and what was inside it.

The Tibrasiyya, Aqbidawiyya, and the porticos are among the finest buildings in terms of grandeur, prestige, and magnificence.

This is what was built in these places.

"These are the verses that have been recited, and their beauty has returned."