, a small town in southern ʿIrāḳ, on the right bank of the Euphrates (lat. 30° 53′ N., long. 46° 28′ E.). It lies some 40 km/25 miles to the south-east of al-Nāṣiriyya [q.v.] and at the western end of the K̲h̲awr al-Ḥammār lake and marshlands region, about 160 km/100 miles as the crow flies from Baṣra. The town is surrounded by date-groves extending along the river bank, but the marshy country, that extends into Baṣra, makes the air very unhealthy.
Sūḳ al-S̲h̲uyūk̲h̲ was founded in the first half of the 18th century as a market-place (sūḳ) of the confederation of the Muntafiḳ [q.v.] Arabs; 4 hour…