[1] It was inspired from the Arabic magazine Al Manār which was edited by Rashid Rida in Cairo.

[1][4] It was a supplement of the daily newspaper Waqt which was in circulation between 1906 and 1918, and both publications were based in Orenburg.

[2][5] Shura was published in Tatar language on a biweekly basis, on the first and fifteenth day of each month.

[1][4] The editorial board of the magazine included Musa Jurullah Begiyev, Fatih Karimiy and Jamaliddin Validiy.

[7] The other common topics covered in the magazine were biographies of leading Muslim figures, history of the Turks and linguistics.