A sizable village at one point, it was occupied from the beginning of the Abbasid Period until being abandoned in the late ninth century at the start of the Qarmatian Revolution.

[6] A study conducted by Faisal Al-Nuaimi and Alexandrine Guérin hypothesizes that the villagers were sold the wares in exchange for their pearls.

[10] Al-Nuaimi and Guerin contrasted the glazed wares –varying in design and color– with those found at the archaeological site of Susa in present-day Iran.

[11] They further remarked that some of the glazed wares dating to the eighth and ninth centuries may have been derived from Basra and Samarra.

[6] The study noted the absence of Chinese wares, which are commonly found in other archaeological sites in Qatar.