It is known as Tabia al-Sabaa, as well as Tabis al-Shusha, in connection with the name of the hill erected on it and the name Kusa Pasha. Others are attributed to the head of the Turkish fleet (Kossa Mustafa Pasha) and consist of his architectural design of a pentagonal shape, known as the Hilal style, consisting of two sides intersecting and protruding on both sides, a northwest and southwest crypt.
Armstrong based on the iron rules of the title Fu Hatta to the sea to protect Tabiah and the history of the cannon dates from the time of Khedive Ismail and historians of 1870 AD.
The purpose of its construction was to become a strong stronghold to withstand the attacks of the invaders from eastern Alexandria, especially after the French expedition and the failure of the English Fraser campaign.
A major part in trying to repel the British fleet's attack on Alexandria, but significant parts of it were destroyed by the British strikes, but it is a powerful and important fortress.