Originally, the fort was built as a base for the Qatari military and police to protect Qatar’s north-west coast as part of a series of forts along Qatar’s coastline.
最初，堡壘被建成卡塔爾軍事和警察基地，以保護卡塔爾的西北海岸，也是作為卡塔爾海岸線一系列的堡壘的一部分。