Nearby stood Al‑Hanafi Mosque, adjacent to the historic Banajeh House in Harāt Al‑Shām and the gate of the Banajeh residence in Souq Al‑Nadā. King Saud — may God have mercy on him — would pray in Al‑Hanafi Mosque within the private enclosure, following the tradition of his father.
Later, he built his own palace in Khuzam beside the original Qasr Khuzam and enclosed it with a high wall. He also commissioned the construction of a mosque on Al‑Madinah Road for his prayers. This mosque came to be known as King Saud Mosque, and its construction coincided with the building of the new Khuzam Palace in the late 1370s AH.
This account was recorded by Mar‘i bin Muhammad Al‑Si‘ayri, in an interview with Mr. Mubarak bin Saeed bin Hilabi, a graduate of King Saud Scientific City who later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from King Saud University.
King Saud Mosque on Al‑Madinah Road is considered the largest mosque in the city of Jeddah. It was restored by the Ministry of Hajj and Endowments under the supervision of the renowned Egyptian architect Abdel‑Wahed El‑Wakil, a student of the celebrated architect Hassan Fathy, in 1987 CE. The mosque subsequently received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1989 CE.