Diwan
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The term Diwan or Divan (دیوان) is a Persian word and can refer to:
- Divan (furniture) - a kind of couch
- Diwan (title), also Dewan or divan - a number of Middle Eastern titles used in various languages for high officials, especially of cabinet rank, or as a rank of nobility in South Asia
- Divan or diwan - an oriental high governmental body, originally called after the furniture, such as the Imperial council in the former Ottoman Empire and its successor states
Furthermore:
- Diwan (school) - a federation of schools teaching in Breton language in Brittany
- Diwan (ritual) - a religious ritual in Algeria
- Diwan (poetry) - a collection of Urdu poetry
- Diwan (Ottoman poetry) - poetry of the Ottoman Empire
[edit] See also
- Diwani - a calligraphic variety of the Arabic script
- Deewan (Deewan-e-Sarai) दिवान-ए-सराय is a Hindi language publication by Sarai.
