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Definition of Shura
1. an Afghanistan law-making council [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shura
Literary usage of Shura
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Worship of the Dead: Or, The Origin and Nature of Pagan Idolatry and Its by John Garnier (1904)
"Another inscription is: "The priest and chief of the scribes to the Pyramid of
Soris (shura) in the land of Sho," 4 and as the Sh and Kh are interchangeable ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1903)
"shura is bullying me because I told him that I know you students don't know ...
There is no one to side with shura," exclaimed Lisa, returning to the point. ..."
3. Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation by J. Bruce Amstutz (1994)
"shura shared with Massoud's Panjshir organization, and a few others, the distinction
of operating a wide range of government services. ..."
4. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"The legislature also was stripped of its legislative functions and, on February
10, 1999, was replaced with a 34-member shura that has responsibility for ..."
5. Red Dusk and the Morrow: Adventures and Investigations in Red Russia by Paul Dukes (1922)
"The Doctor had a young and very intelligent friend named shura, ... shura was a
law student. He resembled the Doctor in his radical sympathies but differed ..."
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