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Bolo Khauz Mosque is the only monument of the Registan square that survived through the years. In the water of the pond one can see a reflection of the colorfully painted iwan - a gallery with colonnade - and of the minaret. The earliest part of this complex is the pond (khauz) called Bolo khauz (Children's pond) - one of the few remaining ponds surviving in the city of Bukhara. Until the Soviet period there were many such ponds, which were the city's principal source of water, but they were notorious for spreading disease and were mostly cut off from water during the 1920s and 30s.

Saying goes that Emir Shahmurad (1785 - 1800) built up the mosque for public prayers as he loved to be closer to his people.