Arabic and Persian term meaning council.
1He looked back toward the majlis and saw Ali standing at the entrance, grim faced.
2A few months ago he went to Sheikh Mohammed's weekly majlis and asked for a personal audience.
3The palace was where he liked to hold his weekly majlis, or audience, in the desert sheik tradition.
4The council could not resist the popular demand to allow the majlis to sit since voters gave reformists landslide victories in both rounds.
5I arose in the morning, and looked out from the windows of the Majlis.
6It came in April 1951, when the Majlis voted to nationalize Iran's oil production.
7After the war, Mossadeq called upon the Majlis to renegotiate the British oil concession.
8The Islamic republic's 270-member assembly, or Majlis, is elected every four years by universal suffrage.
9He has until August 18th to submit his cabinet to the Majlis or national assembly.
10The Majlis and the government cannot work together.
11Kim shot a seven-under-par 65 on a beautiful day at the Majlis Course at Emirates Golf Club.
12Ali had always preferred this location over the better-known Fisherman's Majlis on the beach in Umm Suqeim.
13Women will also be able to join the Majlis ash-Shura, Saudi Arabia's appointed consultative assembly, the king announced yesterday.
14Though the house was not grand, it was made lively by the varied views out of the Majlis' windows.
15Majlis al Jinn is one of the largest caves in the world and accessible through holes in its roof.
16I believe the Supreme Court and the People's Majlis (parliament) need to think about this, he told reporters.