Diwan

Word DIWAN
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Definitions and meanings of "Diwan"

What do we mean by diwan?

A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor.

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The word "diwan" in example sentences

Completion of the reorganization of Sicily: clean sweep of private titles and royal privileges in the Norman manner; resumption of royal domain; destruction of private garrisons and feudal castles; ban on private war; criminal jurisdiction transferred from feudal to royal courts; towns deprived of magistrates and put under royal officers; clergy taxed and excluded from civil office; heavy influence of Muslim bureaucratic techniques, such as diwan, or financial office. ❋ Unknown (2001)

What appears advisable is that we should devote this introduction to a commentary on the poems here translated; which we call a "diwan," by the way, because they are selected out of all his works. ❋ 973-1057 Abu Al-Ala Al-Maarri (1917)

Eat sitting at tables in gilded overstuffed dining room chairs, reclining on cushions in a diwan, or kneeling on a concrete floor around a sheet of plastic weighed down with bowls of kubba. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

The Sultan on Saturday said he had replaced the minister of the royal office, the minister of the diwan of the royal court and the secretary-general of royal court affairs—three senior positions in the Arabian Peninsula monarchy. ❋ Angus McDowall (2011)

If such cross-sectoral employment migration existed, it begs a number of other queries about the circulation of debt among firms and between them and the state, and about the origin and available labor pool for the diwan and sarishtadar institutions in the Afghan state fiscal structure. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The divisions found in and between the diwan, sarishtadar, and mirza categories were often created and perpetuated by the individuals and alliances operating in the political realm, i.e., among the officials and office-holders who were both the instigators and targets of the audits. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It deals with the question of whether the kinds of textual literacy necessary to function as an accountant for a Shikarpuri or Peshawri firm would have sufficiently enabled those with such knowledge and skills to function as a diwan or sarishtadar or mirza for the Durrani state. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Hindus could circulate between the kinds of state fiscal service designated by the two terms, while Muslims do not figure into the diwan category. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Regarding the social origin of these institutional categories, diwan appears as a title reserved almost exclusively for Hindus, but Hindus often received the sarishtadar label. ❋ Unknown (2008)

To his adherents, these traits multiplied their ardor; to the wider Arab public, they had the effect of a superb baklava served at a diwan—they persuaded a guest to stay long enough to listen to his host. ❋ Thanassis Cambanis (2010)

His vast marble diwan was colder than the hills outside. ❋ Thanassis Cambanis (2010)

A comprehensive Web site (www. diwan.ps) gives details of government appointments and decrees, with greater transparency than the PA, Hamas's counterpart in Ramallah that once ran both parts of the Palestinians 'territory, but now runs the West Bank alone, and that under an Israeli thumb. ❋ Pelham, Nicolas (2009)

He approached the ruler's diwan, or court administration, and asked for mediation from Sheikh Mohammed himself. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jagatseth Mehtab Chand, secured for Clive the title of diwan of Bengal, from the still-nominally paramount Mughal throne in Delhi. ❋ Shantanud (2008)

The story does, however, report the awkwardness of Iraqis 'turning down cash settlements as a reflection of "the deep disconnect between the American legal process and the traditional culture of Iraq, between the courtroom and the tribal diwan." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Jeremy Graczyk refashioned the meeting room at his base into a tribal diwan, or banquet hall, replacing chairs with pillows and desks with small tea tables so local sheiks would feel more comfortable. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the center of the palace that lies at the center of the city stands the diwan-i-khas, or Hall of Private Audience. ❋ Dalrymple, William (2006)

Despite the sheikh's rumored wealth, the house looked rich only in that it was large, and the diwan evoked not splendor so much as comfort. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The diwan was full of male relatives and friends, and during our visit of an hour or so more came through, to kiss the old man's hand and celebrate his good fortune. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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