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
- "book"
- 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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