DIWAN

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

★ 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 nobility in South Asia
'Diwan' may also refer to:

★ Diwan (school), a federation of schools teaching in Breton language in Brittany

★ 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

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★ Diwani, a calligraphic variety of the Arabic script