This name was originally given to a well posthumously for a light-colored camel owned by nomads in the area, and eventually came to be applied to the entire region.

[5] Various alternative transliterations of the name are used by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, including Shaqra, Eshaiqir, and Leshaiger.

[8] It is one of the earliest settlements found in the southern portion of Qatar and dates back to 6000 BC.

Among the artifacts found at the site was a two-room structure, flints and remnants of fish and molluscs.

[11] The general location of Shagra was re-discovered in 2008 by a hydrologist named Philip Macumber when he found markers belonging to the French archaeological team.