This minaret is located on the northern portico of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, between Bab al-Asbat and Hatta. Among its names is the "minaret of al-Salihah" because it is located on the side of the al-Salihah Madrasa, which is located outside the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which became the Church of St. Henna during the Ottoman era.

This minaret was built during the reign of the Mamluk Sultan, King Al-Ashraf Shaaban, at the hands of Prince Saif Al-Din Qutlubugha in the year 769 AH – 1367 AD on a quadrangular base, like the rest of Al-Aqsa minarets.

In the Ottoman period, it was rebuilt in a cylindrical shape, similar to the Ottoman minarets, so it became the only cylindrical minaret in Al-Aqsa.

It is 28.5 meters high, and it was cracked by an earthquake in 1346 AH - 1927 AD, which forced the Islamic Supreme Council to demolish its upper part and build it again.

During the Zionist occupation of Jerusalem in 1967, the minaret was damaged by shelling, and it was completely restored after that by the Committee for the Reconstruction of the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and its dome was covered with bullets.