Tun daga zamanin Safavid (1501-1736), Makarantar Shafi'ieh tana cikin Isfahan. Wani rubutu a kofar cibiyar ya bayyana Mohammad Shafi’ Esfahani a matsayin wanda ya kafa ta. Ya kuma ƙunshi sunan Shah Abbas II (1642-1966).
An jera makarantar hauza a matsayin al'adun gargajiya a watan Oktoban 1997.