shuran.
/ˈʃuːrə/ 1. The Islamic principle of (rule by) consultation.
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1962 A. Hourani Arabic Thought in Liberal Age vi. 144 Maslaha gradually turns into utility, shura into parliamentary democracy.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia IX. 921/2 Whereas early Islām had confirmed the pre-Islāmic democratic Arab principle of rule by consultation (shūrā).., those practices soon gave way to dynastic rule with the advent of the Umayyads. The shūrā was not developed into any institutionalized form and was..soon discarded.
1981 Times 3 Mar. 12/4 Under the Islamic tradition of Shura, information about the needs of Saudi society does percolate upwards.
2. Hence, an Islamic consultative council or similar advisory body; loosely, a council or parliament.
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1960 Encycl. Islam (rev. ed.) I. 84/2 On ʿUmar's death, as one of the S̱ẖūrā or council of six who had to choose a new caliph, he played a leading part in the appointment of ʿUṯẖmān.
1982 Christian Sci. Monitor 23 Mar. 13/2 Mr. Tilmessani refused a seat to the advisory Shura Assembly created by Mr. Sadat 1½ years ago.
1989 Independent 23 Jan. 9/1 The Afghan mujahedin guerillas have fallen out again, shortly before they were to have held a shura, or consultative council.
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