It is also sometimes called "Al-Shaba'an", because it is situated among palm trees and rivers, and it has wild high caves which are cold in the summer.

While Abdul-Khaleq Al-Janbi confirmed that Al-Qarah was named by that, because its south is connected to a huge, strange shape, and a hill formation with caves of various sizes, there is also a big rock above it, and it is carved in an unusual way.

"Al-Mushaqqar" was also mentioned in the fourth section of "Mou'jam Ma Esta'ajam", a dictionary by Abu Ubaid Al-Bakry.

All Hajer water is excluded in that well, in its increasing ..."[citation needed] The mountain is located in Al-Ahsa Oasis, between four villages: Al-Qarah, At-Tuwaitheer, Ad-Dalwah and At-Tihemeah.

Several types of the mountain's caves extend in a form of ribbed grids of cracked ground, while the others are cavities due to chemical weathering, the process of abrasion, and collapses.

Each one of the caves has natural characteristics which made the locals take advantage of it based on their usage like the annual collective wedding, and other activities for tourists.

[8] On the west side of the mountain is a pottery works, established some 600 years ago by Dugha al-Gharāsh (دوغة الغراش) and still operated by his descendants.

[9] 'Ali b. Husayn b. Haytham al-Gharash is regarded as the most accomplished craftsman of the Dugha, passing the art to his sons and grandsons.

[10] The pottery was fired in pit kilns and made from a porous white earthenware, the vessels traditionally used to store and cool water.