''Shura'' (

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

: ''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

Rashid Rida Muḥammad Rashīd ibn ʿAlī Riḍā ibn Muḥammad Shams al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Munlā ʿAlī Khalīfa (23 September 1865 or 18 October 1865 – 22 August 1935 CE/ 1282 - 1354 AH), widely known as Sayyid Rashid Rida ( ar, � ...

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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, history of the Turks and

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. ''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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