公元18世纪晚期至19世纪早期,波斯湾的沿海围墙城市艾尔·祖巴拉(Al Zubarah)成为采珠业和贸易的一个中心,在经历了短暂的发展和兴盛后,1811年被毁灭,20世纪早期被遗弃。艾尔·祖巴拉由来自科威特的商人建立,在印度洋、阿拉伯和西亚之间有贸易联系。从沙漠吹来的沙子保护了遗址上的宫殿、清真寺、街道、庭院、渔民临时驻扎的房屋, Al Zubarah, a coastal walled city in the Persian Gulf, became a center of mining and trade and a center of pearl industry and trade from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. After a brief period of development and prosperity, it was destroyed in 1811, Abandoned in the early 20th century. Al Zubara was established by businessmen from Kuwait with trade links between the Indian Ocean, Arab and Western Asia. The sand blown from the desert protected the ruins of the palaces, mosques, streets, courtyards, houses temporarily occupied by fishermen,