[3] A'ali is also famous for its traditional handcrafted pottery, which can be seen and bought from different potters and boutiques in the whole town.

In February 1889 some of the mounds were investigated by the British explorer J. Theodore Bent and his wife Mabel.

[9] According to J. G. Lorimer's 1908 Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, A'ali was a considerable village situated 6 miles southwest of the Manama fort.

The town consisted of 200 houses populated by the Baharna, who were primarily pottery-makers and date palm cultivators.

[citation needed] It lays approximately 15 km (9.3 miles) southwest of the capital Manama.