This name was earned due to the area's low elevation which allowed it to divert the flow of water from a nearby valley.

The records state that, at that time, the Qatar Peninsula was ruled by Mohammed bin Sultan bani Muslim of the Al-Musallami tribe and that he had his seat of power in Al Huwaila.

It is inhabited by about four hundred and fifty of the Abookara [Al Kuwari] Tribe, formerly one of the most powerful in these parts, but now incorporated with the Uttoobees.

The north point of the little bay is called 'Ras al Marlina, close to the southward of which the pearl boats find shelter during a shamal.

[9] John Gordon Lorimer mentions Al Huwaila in his 1908 manuscript of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, stating: In English at one time known as "Owhale".

There are numerous wells in the vicinity, 2 miles inland from the sea, but the water is of indifferent quality.