''Shura'' (

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: ''Council'') was a biweekly literary and political newspaper supplement published in

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, between January 1908 and January 1918. The magazine featured articles written in both

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and Tatar languages. It was one of the most important Tatar language publications.

History and profile

''Shura'' was established by Muhammad Shakir and Zakir Ramiyev. It was inspired from the

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magazine '' Al Manār'' which was edited by

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. ''Shura'' was first published 10 January 1908. It was a supplement of the daily newspaper ''Waqt'' which was in circulation between 1906 and 1918, and both publications were based in Orenburg. ''Shura'' was published in Tatar language on a biweekly basis, on the first and fifteenth day of each month. The editor of ''Shura'' was a reformist religious official, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin. The editorial board of the magazine included Musa Jurullah Begiyev, Fatih Karimiy and Jamaliddin Validiy. Although its readers were

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, ''Shura'' was deeply influenced from

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. The magazine published translated versions of the articles from ''Al Manar'' and other magazines, including ''Al Liwa''. Zakir Ramiyev's poems were published in ''Shura''. The magazine also featured poems about the Turkestani graveyards between 1911 and 1913. The other common topics covered in the magazine were biographies of leading Muslim figures, Turkic peoples, history of the Turks and linguistics. ''Shura'' also featured articles on geography and ethics. The magazine published a very comprehensive obituary for Ismail Bey Gasprinski in four issues in 1914. In 1917 ''Shura'' published the numbers 23 and 24 in combination. The magazine ceased publication in January 1918 when the communists occupied Orenburg and closed it.

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