The extreme poverty and social stigmatism of the Shroug later changed after Abdul-Karim Qasim came to power. Their number in 1958 was estimated at 100,000 people.حنا بطاطو. العراق: الطبقات الاجتماعية والحركات الثورية من العهد العثماني حتى قيام الجمهورية. المجلد الأول، ص 70. The Qasim government built Sadr City as a complex where Shroug were settled.تراتيل على شاطىء البحر قصة العراق: الجزء الأول، سعد عبد القادر ماهر؛ 2019 pp. 129 The Shroug later increased their social prominence as they began migrating from the countryside to the cities. Some Shroug also resided in the Marshes alongside the Marsh Arabs.المفصل في تاريخ العرب قبل الإسلام / د. جواد علي / الجزء الأول – الفصول 1-40 / لفظة العرب Although the term Shroug initially referred to Amara District, it later was used to refer to Shia Arabs from southern and southeastern Iraq.صالح الشالجي، باب شرق بغداد، مجلة آفاق عربية، ديسمبر 1979 Others claimed that the term Shroug had Mesopotamian origins, either from "Sharubak", meaning "the natives" in Sumerian, or from "Sherk", which occurred in the name of Sharrukin, which meant "just" or "righteous" in Akkadian.
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