Majles

Legislature or parliament. Majles is the Persian form of the Arabic majlis (in Turkish, meclis), which is derived from the verb jalasa ("to sit"). It can mean a meeting, or sitting, in a number of senses, both private and public. In the public realm, it became the term used for legislatures in the Middle East and North Africa once these began to emerge in the nineteenth century. It can also refer to an appointed consultative body.