Diwân

Diwân

Dewan, Diwan or Divan may refer to:

  • The Persian word Dewan or Divan (دیوان), with a range of meanings:
    • "book"
      • The Diwan or Girgam, a record of the Kanem Empire
      • Diwan (poetry), a collection of Persian, Arabic, or Urdu poetry
        • hence, Diwani, a calligraphic variety of the Arabic script
        • Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi by Rumi
        • Goethe's West-östlicher Diwan
        • Diwan (Nasir Khusraw) by Nasir Khusraw
    • Divan, an oriental high governmental body, such as the Imperial council in the former Ottoman Empire and its successor states
      • Diwan-khane, guest house of the tribal chieftain in the tribal Middle Eastern, Arab, Persian, or Kurdish society
      • 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 Mohanlal, a Diwan of Siraj Ud Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal at Murshidabad
        • ad hoc Divan (Romanian history)
      • Chief Khalsa Diwan, a Sikh religious organization
    • Divan (furniture), a kind of couch
      • A box-spring or divan bed
    • Divan, traditional festival of the Bunjevci people in Hungary
  • Diwan -Clan of pathans (ancient land lords)found in villages near by eastern UP and Bihar,
  • Diwan, a Breton word, meaning "germination"
    • Diwan (school) is a federation of schools teaching in Breton language in Brittany
  • as a surname
    • Muneeb Diwan (born 1972), Canadian cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman
    • Diwan Bahadur

Titles and proper names:

  • Diwan College of Management
  • Diwân, a 1998 album by Rachid Taha
  • Diwan 2, a 2006 album by Rachid Taha
  • Diwan (film), a 2003 Tamil film
  • Chicken Divan, a type of casserole

In popular culture:

  • Diwan, a secondary antagonist in the anime series Skyland

Code (law):

  • Diwan, a Tausug word, meaning "code of laws" based on Qur'an

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