Diwan and divan are terms originally used in Persian, Arabic, and Turkish with derivatives in other Asian and European languages such as diwaan, dewan, etc. (see etymology sections at

Divan A divan or diwan (, ''dīvān''; from Sumerian ''dub'', clay tablet) was a high government ministry in various Islamic states, or its chief official (see ''dewan''). Etymology The word, recorded in English since 1586, meaning "Oriental cou ...

Diwan (poetry) A diwan (from Persian language, Persian ; ) is a collection of Poetry, poems by a single author – usually excluding the poet's Mathnawi (poetic form), long poems – in Islamic cultures of West Asia, Central Asia, North Africa, Sicily and So ...

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Dewan ''Dewan'' (also known as ''diwan'', sometimes spelled ''devan'' or ''divan'') designated a powerful government official, minister, or ruler. A ''dewan'' was the head of a state institution of the same name (see Divan). Diwans belonged to the el ...

). These terms may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

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

Skyland ''Skyland'' (full French title: "Skyland, Le Nouveau Monde", or "Skyland, The New World"), is an animated television series developed in France in partnership with Canada and Luxembourg for television channels France 2 in France, Teletoon in Can ...

'' * West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a Middle Eastern music ensemble founded by Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said

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 Bahmani and Mughal palaces *

Diwaniya The dewaniya or diwaniya was the reception area where a Middle Eastern man received his business colleagues and male guests. Today the term refers both to a reception hall and the gathering held in it, and visiting or hosting a dewaniya is an impor ...

, a formal sitting room in Gulf Arab households

Education

Diwan (school) Diwan (pronounced ; "seed" in Breton) is a federation of Breton-medium schools in Brittany. Concept The Diwan concept, which allows children to learn French and Breton through language immersion, was inspired by the '' Gaelscoileanna'' movemen ...

, a federation of schools teaching in Breton language in Brittany (diwan means seed in Breton) * Diwan College of Management, former name of Taiwan Shoufu University

Government and politics

or Diwan, a high governmental body in many Islamic states **

Divan-ı Hümayun The Imperial Council or Imperial Divan (), was the '' de facto'' cabinet of the Ottoman Empire for most of its history. Initially an informal gathering of the senior ministers presided over by the Sultan in person, in the mid-15th century the Cou ...

, 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

People

* Dewan Farid Gazi, former leader of Habiganj-1 * Dewan Mohammad Azraf, National Professor of Bangladesh * Hamza Dewan Choudhury, midfielder for English football club Leicester City F.C. * Muneeb Diwan (born 1972), Canadian cricket player * Anni Dewani (1982–2010), Indian-Swedish murder victim

Places

* Diwan, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Douglas, Australia

Titles

Diwan (title) ''Dewan'' (also known as ''diwan'', sometimes spelled ''devan'' or ''divan'') designated a powerful government official, minister, or ruler. A ''dewan'' was the head of a state institution of the same name (see Divan). Diwans belonged to the el ...

(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 A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, bu ...

** Diwan of Hyderabad * Dewan Bahadur, a title of honor awarded during British Raj

Other uses

Divan (furniture) A divan (Turkish language, Turkish ''divan'', Hindi deevaan) is a piece of couch-like sitting furniture or, in some regions, a box-spring-based bed. Primarily, in West Asia (especially the Ottoman Empire), a divan was a long seat formed of a mat ...

, a kind of couch ** Box-spring or divan bed, in UK usage *Divan, a traditional festival of the

Bunjevci Bunjevci ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Bunjevci, Буњевци, ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevac, Буњевац, sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevka, Буњевка) are a South Slavs, South Slavic sub-ethnic ...

people in Hungary * Chicken Divan, a type of casserole *Diwan, or religious scroll containing

Mandaean scriptures This article contains a list of Mandaic manuscripts, which are almost entirely Mandaean religious texts written in Classical Mandaic. Well-known Mandaean texts include the ''Ginza Rabba'' (also known as the ''Sidra Rabbā''), the ''Mandaean ...