According to legend, Timur ordered the construction of a mosque on the site of Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, but all attempts were futile.

Timur was then told in a dream (by Yasawi) that in order to have success, he should first build a mausoleum over the grave of Arystan Bab.

[2] In the 18th century the previous mausoleum, which had been destroyed by an earthquake was replaced with a double domed structure supported by two carved wooden columns.

As well as the two-chambered table-tomb (gurkhana) of Arystan Bab and three of his students, Hermet-Azyra, Karga-Baba and Lashyn-Baba, a mosque and auxiliary quarters and museum are located in the other rooms of the mausoleum.

Many centuries later, Arslan Baba finds the orphaned seven-year-old Ahmad in the city of Sayram in Turkestan and delivers the date to him.