In 2012, the fort was identified as part of the Bahrain pearling trail, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[3] An analysis of artefacts from the fort by an excavation team from Oxford Brookes University have suggested the site may have been first occupied from the Umayyad or early Abbasid era.

The island and fort were partially restored in 1930 to serve as a quarantine station for smallpox.

The site is now adjacent to a coastguard base and can be visited from the Bahrain National Museum by a short boat ride.

[3] The fort currently boasts a visitor centre and is the starting point of the pearling trail.