The village was the site of the Battle of Al Wajbah, an armed conflict between the Ottomans and the Qatari tribes in 1893.

Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, the town was stated to have accommodated a walled garden with a fort and a mosque in 1908, all of which were owned by a member of the ruling family.

It was also described as a Bedouin encampment site which contained three 40-feet deep masonry wells yielding good water.

Inside, nineteen rooms on the lower level and upper chambers within the towers once served various purposes, including housing, worship, and assembly.

Despite unauthorized modifications in the past, efforts in 1990 by the Department of Museums and Archaeology restored the fortress to its original state, removing alterations and reinforcing structural integrity.