Diwan

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The term Diwan or Divan (دیوان) is a Persian word and can refer to:

• Divan or diwan, an oriental high governmental body, such as the Imperial council in the former Ottoman Empire and its successor states
• Divan (furniture), a kind of couch
• A box-spring or divan bed.
• 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
• Diwan/Diwanji (title), used in various Indian kingdoms in the medieaval and later medieaval ages to denote the highest officials in the court after the king; the suffix 'ji' is added as a mark of respect in India
• Diwan imperial enclosed courtyards/durbars of the Mughal kings of South Asia. For example, in the Red Fort in Delhi is the Diwan-i-aam (general courtyard) and the Diwan-i-khas (special courtyard)

Diwan may also refer to:

• Diwan (ritual), a religious ritual in Algeria
• Diwan (poetry), a collection of Persian or Urdu poetry
• Diwan (Ottoman poetry), poetry of the Ottoman Empire
• Diwân, a 1998 album by Rachid Taha
• Diwan 2, a 2006 album by Rachid Taha

Diwan is also a breton word, meaning "germination" and

• Diwan (school) is a federation of schools teaching in Breton language in Brittany

[edit] See also

• Diwani, a calligraphic variety of the Arabic script