The saqia courtyard was designed as an inner garden with a hydraulic system providing water for four sloping piers, the side part of which was originally surrounded by a high wall which was destroyed during the Christian era, but some remains can still be seen on both ends, and the central observation point was the only opening To the outside in the courtyard, which still preserves to this day the opulent stucco decoration from the reign of Sultan Ismail I (Isma'il I).