According to media reports, the old tree is surrounded by desert and there is no population and no irrigation system, no other tree here. Bahrain's Department of Archeology and Culture says that this tree It is known as 'Shajrat-ul-Hayat', meaning the tree of life, and it has stood here for more than a hundred years without irrigation.
It seems that there were small houses here about 400 years ago, there was water but when there was a shortage of water, the residents migrated. According to some people, 500-year-old human remains are preserved around the tree. In 2009, it was proposed to add this tree to the list of seven new wonders of the world.