Diwan

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Dewan, Diwaan or Divan may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

• Diwan (poetry), a collection of Persian, Arabic, or Urdu poetry
  • Diwan (Nasir Khusraw) by Nasir Khusraw
  • West-östlicher Diwan by Goethe
  • Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi by Rumi
• Diwân, a 1998 album by Rachid Taha
• Diwan 2, a 2006 album by Rachid Taha
• Diwan (film), a 2003 Tamil film
• Diwan, a character in the anime series Skyland

Buildings

• Diwan-khane, guest house of the tribal chieftain in the tribal Middle Eastern, Arab, Persian, or Kurdish society
• Divan (Mughal architecture), a type of audience hall in Mughal palaces

In government and politics

• Divan, a high governmental body in many Islamic states
  • Divan-ı Hümayun, the government council of the Ottoman Empire
  • ad hoc Divans, legislative and consultative assemblies of the Danubian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia), vassals of the Ottoman Empire
• Diwan, a code of laws first introduced by Sharif ul-Hāshim of Sulu
• The Girgam or Diwan, the royal chronicle of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, written in Arabic

Schools

• Diwan (school), a federation of schools teaching in Breton language in Brittany
• Diwan College of Management, former name of Taiwan Shoufu University

Titles

• Diwan (title) (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 high nobility in South Asia
  • List of Diwans of Mysore
  • Diwan of Hyderabad
• Dewan Bahadur, a title of honor awarded during British Raj

Other uses

• Divan (furniture), a kind of couch
  • Box-spring or divan bed, in UK usage
• Divan, a traditional festival of the Bunjevci people in Hungary
• Muneeb Diwan (born 1972), Canadian cricket player
• Chicken Divan, a type of casserole

See also

• Dewan, a title
• Diwana (disambiguation)
• Diwani, a calligraphic variety of the Arabic script