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diwan
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The Diwan , or Divan , is a collection of poems written and compiled by Nasir Khusraw (1004–1088 AD). Khusraw composed most of his poems in the Valley of Yumgan, a remote mountainous region in Badakhshan (now in present-day Afghanistan ). The Divan contains ...
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n. a Muslim council of state [syn: divan ] a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author) [syn: divan ] a Muslim council chamber or law court [syn: divan ]
Usage examples of diwan.
I had always liked this room, which was an antechamber to the two beyond, where the main work of our Diwan was conducted.
Ommony stormed at the chuprassi on the porch, swearing it was rank indecency to keep a diwan at the door.
He returned to the carriage, helped the diwan out, and, shoving the chuprassi to one side, strode in.
Then, having salaamed the diwan obsequiously, he walked to the nearest gate with the heels of his loose sandals rutching on the gravel and dislike of exercise written all over him as if he were a Hindu merchant to the manner born.