According to legends, in 712, after the troops of Qutayba ibn Muslim captured Samarkand, the Arabs tried to flood the city fortress by blocking the canal of Juy-i Arziz with a dam.

To commemorate this event, one of Qutayba's companions, Muhammad ibn Vaso, built the “Hazrat Khizr” mosque on the site of a Zoroastrian temple that was revered by the Sogdians, at the southern gate of Afrasiab.

[2][3] On September 3, 2016, the First President of Uzbekistan Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov was buried in the territory of the “Hazrat Khizr” mosque.

Therefore, it was not only necessary to combine two buildings from different periods in a single architectural style, but also to preserve the historical appearance of the world heritage object.

The construction was planned to be completed by September 2017, but at the last moment it was decided to open it on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Islam Karimov's birth.