Diwan
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Dewan or divan may refer to:
- The Persian word Dewan or Divan (دیوان), with a range of meanings:
- "book"
- Diwan (poetry), a collection of Persian 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 (poetry), a collection of Persian or Urdu poetry
- Divan, an oriental high governmental body, such as the Imperial council in the former Ottoman Empire and its successor states
- 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
- Chief Khalsa Diwan, a Sikh religious organization
- Divan (furniture), a kind of couch
- A box-spring or divan bed.
- "book"
- Diwan, a Breton word, meaning "germination"
- Diwan (school) is a federation of schools teaching in Breton language in Brittany
- as a surname
- Muneeb Diwan
- 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
In Popular Culture:
- Diwan, a secondary antagonist in the anime series Skyland.
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