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Chashma Ayub means Job's well due to the legend in which Job (Ayub) visited this place and made a well by the blow of his staff. And the legend goes more or less like this - the Bible says: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil" (Job 1:1). Nobody knows where this land was; therefore, it is quite possible that Job lived in area of modern Bukhara city. The legend narrates that Job (Ayub) was walking over this place at the time of severe drought. As local people, dying from thirst, begged him of water, he struck the earth with his staff and instantly the healing water spring appeared. The antique well still gives pure and tasty water.

The mausoleum is distinguished by its modesty of decoration and simplicity of forms. The building consists of four inner structures, each built during a different period. The structure finally acquired the form of an elongated prism crowned with domes of various forms covering several premises. A conical dome - uncommon in Bukhara - resting on a cylindrical drum, marks location of the well.