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41: 105: 935:, who took over Baghdad and the remains of the Abbasid Caliphate in 946, drew partly on the established Abbasid practice, but was adapted to suit the nature of the rather decentralized Buyid "confederation" of autonomous emirates. The Buyid bureaucracy was headed by three great departments: the 208:
applied to specific government departments. The sense of the word evolved to "custom house" and "council chamber", then to "long, cushioned seat", such as are found along the walls in Middle-Eastern council chambers. The latter is the sense that entered European languages as
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court to their various capitals. Coupled with their frequent absence on campaign, the vizier assumed an even greater prominence, concentrating the direction of civil, military and religious affairs in his own bureau, the "supreme dīwān"
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for each category of the latter (e.g. cereals, cloth, etc.). Its secretary had to mark all orders of payment to make them valid, and it drew up monthly and yearly balance sheets. The
379:), which checked and kept copies of all correspondence before sealing and dispatching it. A number of more specialist departments were also established, probably by Mu'awiya: the 494: 862:
As the Abbasid Caliphate began to fragment in the mid 9th century, its administrative machinery was copied by the emergent successor dynasties, with the already extant local
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controlled the government workshops that made official banners, costumes and some furniture. Aside from the central government, there was a local branch of the
1180:. The Janissaries quickly became the dominant force in Ottoman Libya. As a self-governing military guild answerable only to their own laws and protected by a 1094:). A number of lesser departments is also attested, although they may not have existed at the same time: the office charged with the redress of grievances ( 1184:(in this context, a council of senior officers who advised the Pasha), the Janissaries soon reduced the Pasha to a largely ceremonial role. 1774: 1769: 407: 1137: 678:, responsible for the treasury's balance sheets, was eventually branched off from it, while the treasury domains were placed under the 1779: 995:
was established to oversee the affairs of the Abbasid caliphs, who continued to reside in Baghdad as puppets of the Buyid emirs.
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is complex, since many were short-lived, temporary establishments for specific needs, while at times the sections of larger
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which re-checked all assessments, payments and receipts against its own records and, according to the 11th-century scholar
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increased in number and sophistication, reaching their apogee in the 9th–10th centuries. At the same time, the office of
1784: 963:, one for the Turks and one for the Daylamites, hence the department was often called "department of the two armies" ( 737:, but by the end of the 9th century its role was mostly restricted to the finances of the caliphal palace. Under 1699: 1625: 857: 478: 445:), the practices of the various departments began to be standardized and Arabized: instead of the local languages ( 1789: 849: 959:, is frequently mentioned in the sources of the period. Indeed, at the turn of the 11th century, there were two 469:
were to be used henceforth. The process of Arabization was gradual: in Iraq, the transition was carried out by
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still existed, with the three territorial departments considered sections of the latter. In 913/4, the vizier
554:(r. 749–754) established a department for the confiscated properties of the Umayyads after his victory in the 1128:) also existed but fell into disuse. The system was apparently partly copied in provincial centres as well. 682:, of which there appear at times to have been several. In addition, a department of confiscated property ( 193:, despite later legends that traced the origin of the word to the latter form. The variant pronunciation 498: 486: 655:
existed in every province, but by the mid-9th century each province also maintained a branch of its
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In Arabic, the term was first used for the army registers, then generalized to any register, and by
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directly appointed by the Sultan in Constantinople. The sultan provided the pasha with a corps of
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was created, staffed by judges, to hear complaints against government officials. The remit of the
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lands) and the traditional practices of book-keeping, seals and time-keeping, only Arabic and the
1261: 1236: 470: 435: 1174:, which was in turn divided into a number of companies under the command of a junior officer or 283: 27: 820:, existed for the huge number of slaves and other attendants of the palace. In addition, the 775: 34: 119:
The word, recorded in English since 1586, meaning "Oriental council of a state", comes from
1194: 670:) kept the records of revenue and expenditure, both in money and in kind, with specialized 574:, probably in charge of palace service personnel, and a bureau of petitions to the Caliph ( 375:), which drafted the caliph's letters and official documents, and the bureau of the seal ( 8: 1240: 955:
troops. As a result, the army department was of particular importance, and its head, the
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Audience in the Diwan-i-Khas granted to the French ambassador, the vicomte d'Andrezel by
1742: 278:(636/7 CE) or, more likely, 20 A.H. (641 CE). It comprised the names of the warriors of 1726: 1635: 875: 845: 555: 535:) was also created to coordinate government. The administrative history of the Abbasid 290:, in coin or in rations) to them, according to their service and their relationship to 250: 1748: 1738: 1695: 1674: 1653: 1621: 1251: 516: 510: 384: 337: 254: 210: 174: 167: 163: 76: 20: 605: 1718: 1004: 947:
for the army. The Buyid regime was a military regime, its ruling caste composed of
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branches likely providing the base on which the new administrations were formed.
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is almost unknown, except that their treasury was located in their capital of
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was broken up into three departments, the bureaux of the eastern provinces (
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The Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 2B: Islamic Society and Civilization
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as well as coordinators between the various bureaus, or between individual
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under Ottoman rule were also called "divan" ("Divanuri" in Romanian) (see
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and their families, and was intended to facilitate the payment of salary (
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culture, became more elaborate and complex. As part of this process, the
353: 318: 182: 155: 83: 1747:. Translated by Margaret Graham Weir. Calcutta: University of Calcutta. 987:, which oversaw the rich lands of lower Iraq, was moved from Baghdad to 904:
who supplanted the Tahirids, is known to have had a bureau of the army (
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of the Caliphate's other garrison centers followed its organization.
48: 713:" probably meant the vizier's palace. At the same time, the various 1722: 893: 889: 579: 364: 291: 205: 1166:. After 1565, administrative authority in Tripoli was vested in a 869: 1277: 1222: 879: 812: 755: 748: 733:
played a similar role with regards to expenses by the individual
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the administration, partly under the increasing influence of
401: 302: 112: 92: 1459: 1375: 627:, both in money and in kind), while another department, the 197:
however did exist, and is the form surviving to this day in
1293:: 'Ministry of the Sea', i.e. (overseas=) Foreign Ministry. 1280:, several portfolio Ministries had a title based on Diwan: 1116: 979:
were directly inherited from the Abbasid government. Under
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The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures
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established a new department for charitable endowments (
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Sprengling, M. (April 1939). "From Persian to Arabic".
1558: 1510: 836:, which supervised the women's quarters of the palace. 1618:
The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume II: C–G
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was a new foundation with the task of estimating the
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The modern French, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian words
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was for many years the council of ministers of the
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Following the Ottoman conquest of North Africa, the
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tended to cherish their nomadic origins, with their
916:(r. 879–901) there were two further treasuries, the 697:(r. 892–902) grouped the branches of the provincial 1471: 244: 240:
Creation and development under the early caliphates
1422: 1334: 701:present in the capital into a new department, the 566:(r. 754–775) there was a bureau of confiscations ( 16:High government ministry in various Islamic states 1670:Byzantium and the Turks in the Thirteenth Century 391:), which most likely indicates the survival of a 1761: 1634: 1620:. Leiden and New York: BRILL. pp. 323–327. 1357: 1114:) and the department of religious endowments or 558:. This was probably the antecedent of the later 356:(r. 661–680), added the bureau of the land tax ( 1717:(2). The University of Chicago Press: 175–224. 870:Saffarids, Ziyarid, Sajids, Buyids and Samanids 643:. As in Umayyad times, miniature copies of the 586:(control bureau) for every one of the existing 805:(r. 847–861), a bureau of servants and pages ( 130: 1666: 1552: 1260:is the standard word for chamber, as in the 967:). A number of junior departments, like the 86:) was a high government ministry in various 415:administered state property in cities; the 371:, as well as the bureau of correspondence ( 329:during his governorship (636–638), and the 1737: 1708: 1465: 1381: 1267: 1138:Government of the Classical Ottoman Empire 839: 173:, clay tablet. The word was borrowed into 1090:, and the salary and land grants bureau, 1691:Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia 1598: 1582: 1567: 1525: 1404: 1369: 1328: 1264:or Chamber of People's Representatives. 1038:was further subdivided into a chancery ( 325:, is credited with establishing Basra's 103: 39: 1687: 1537: 1131: 639:was checked by another department, the 590:, as well as a central control bureau ( 1762: 1187: 19:For the type of modern furniture, see 1102:) and the sultan's private treasury ( 725:, was the "guardian of the rights of 709:(great bureau of the palace), where " 635:of cattle. The correspondence of the 1611: 1504: 1492: 1453: 1416: 1345: 884:The administrative machinery of the 717:bureaux were combined into a single 1775:Government of the Abbasid Caliphate 1770:Government of the Umayyad Caliphate 1673:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1254:and related languages, the cognate 473:under the auspices of the governor 131: 68: 13: 1594:. Vol. VII. pp. 432–438. 1154:was divided into three provinces, 14: 1801: 900:(r. 867–879), the founder of the 832:also mentions the existence of a 504: 1780:Government of the Ottoman Empire 816:), possibly an evolution of the 582:(r. 775–785) created a parallel 245:Establishment and Umayyad period 1588:"DĪVĀN – ii. GOVERNMENT OFFICE" 943:as the state chancery, and the 602:and the vizier. In addition, a 501:, governor of Iraq, in 741/42. 440: 269: 1667:Korobeinikov, Dimitri (2014). 1652:. Cambridge University Press. 1358:Holt, Lambton & Lewis 1977 1210:, who presided, and the other 481:in 700, in Egypt under Caliph 154:, itself hearkening back, via 1: 1744:The Arab Kingdom and Its Fall 1607:. Vol. VII. p. 432. 1603:. In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). 1590:. In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). 1311: 1062:, a fiscal oversight office ( 939:, charged with finances, the 858:Kharijite Rebellion (866–896) 752:), of the western provinces ( 613:now included all land taxes ( 479:Sulayman ibn Sa'd al-Khushani 387:; the bureau of expenditure ( 90:, or its chief official (see 1054:, an accounting department ( 495:Ishaq ibn Tulayq al-Nahshali 294:. This first army register ( 99: 7: 1688:Lambton, Ann K. S. (1988). 1599:de Blois, François (1995). 1303:): Ministry of Complaints ( 1074:, and the army department ( 1056:dīwān al-zimām wa’l-istīfāʾ 1040:dīwān al-inshāʾ wa’l-ṭughrā 983:(r. 978–983), however, the 850:Abbasid civil war (865–866) 686:) and confiscated estates ( 631:, dealt with assessing the 10: 1806: 1576: 1135: 1002: 998: 873: 843: 705:(bureau of the palace) or 508: 248: 32: 25: 18: 1785:Persian words and phrases 688:dīwān al-ḍiyāʿ al-maqbūḍa 662:The treasury department ( 499:Yusuf ibn Umar al-Thaqafi 487:Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik 263:was created under Caliph 228:, respectively (meaning " 1614:"Dīwān i.—The caliphate" 1124:). A postal department ( 1110:), the land tax office ( 824:, now also known as the 461:, Persian in the former 367:, which became the main 321:tribe who was versed in 282:who participated in the 142:It is first attested in 1268:Ministerial departments 1262:Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat 1237:Danubian Principalities 1098:), the state treasury ( 840:Later Islamic dynasties 471:Salih ibn Abd al-Rahman 336:With the advent of the 317:, a statesman from the 1790:Royal and noble courts 1235:The Assemblies of the 1206:. It consisted of the 912:. Under his successor 116: 108:The winter Diwan of a 52: 28:Diwan (disambiguation) 1605:Encyclopaedia Iranica 1601:"DĪVĀN – i. THE TERM" 1592:Encyclopaedia Iranica 874:Further information: 844:Further information: 729:and the people". The 707:dīwān al-dār al-kabīr 543:might also be termed 413:dīwān al-mustaghallāt 315:Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba 107: 43: 35:Diwan-i-Am (Red Fort) 1612:Duri, A. A. (1991). 1507:, pp. 324, 325. 1132:Ottoman Tripolitania 1104:bayt al-māl al-khaṣṣ 759:), and of the Iraq ( 477:in 697, in Syria by 115:(painting from 1812) 26:For other uses, see 1468:, pp. 211–214. 1419:, pp. 323–324. 1384:, pp. 115–116. 1372:, pp. 432–433. 1241:Akkerman Convention 1188:Government councils 1060:mustawfī al-mamālik 475:al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf 431:in every province. 232:"), also come from 1739:Wellhausen, Julius 1640:Lambton, Ann K. S. 1287:: Ministry of War. 1106:), confiscations ( 1072:mushrif al-mamālik 1068:dīwān al-muʿāmalāt 876:Anarchy at Samarra 846:Anarchy at Samarra 766:), although under 684:dīwān al-musādarīn 676:dīwān al-jahbad̲ha 594:). These acted as 556:Abbasid Revolution 344:increased. To the 251:Rashidun Caliphate 117: 53: 1680:978-0-19-870826-1 1659:978-0-521-29138-5 1553:Korobeinikov 2014 1540:, pp. 28–29. 1297:Diwan al-Shikayat 1108:dīwān al-muṣādara 1052:munshī al-mamālik 991:. In addition, a 965:dīwān al-jayshayn 770:(r. 908–932) the 741:(r. 902–908) the 568:dīwān al-muṣādara 517:Abbasid Caliphate 511:Abbasid Caliphate 497:on the orders of 395:institution; the 383:in charge of the 338:Umayyad Caliphate 255:Umayyad Caliphate 211:divan (furniture) 21:Divan (furniture) 1797: 1756: 1734: 1705: 1684: 1663: 1631: 1608: 1595: 1571: 1565: 1556: 1550: 1541: 1535: 1529: 1523: 1508: 1502: 1496: 1490: 1469: 1463: 1457: 1451: 1420: 1414: 1408: 1402: 1385: 1379: 1373: 1367: 1361: 1355: 1349: 1343: 1332: 1326: 1096:dīwān al-maẓālim 1088:dīwān al-rawātib 1044:dīwān al-rasāʾil 1005:Seljuk Sultanate 993:dīwān al-khilāfa 941:dīwān al-rasāʾil 922:dīwān al-rasāʾil 914:Amr ibn al-Layth 902:Saffarid dynasty 898:Ya'qub al-Saffar 796:Byzantine Empire 731:dīwān al-nafaḳāt 659:in the capital. 653:dīwān al-rasāʾil 570:), as well as a 467:Islamic calendar 444: 442: 429:dīwān al-rasāʾil 389:dīwān al-nafaqāt 373:dīwān al-rasāʾil 340:, the number of 284:Muslim conquests 273: 271: 166:, ultimately to 134: 133: 70: 49:Sultan Ahmed III 1805: 1804: 1800: 1799: 1798: 1796: 1795: 1794: 1760: 1759: 1702: 1681: 1660: 1646:, eds. (1977). 1628: 1584:Bosworth, C. 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1530: 1528:, p. 434. 1509: 1497: 1495:, p. 325. 1470: 1458: 1456:, p. 324. 1421: 1409: 1407:, p. 433. 1386: 1374: 1362: 1360:, p. 533. 1350: 1348:, p. 323. 1333: 1331:, p. 432. 1315: 1313: 1310: 1309: 1308: 1294: 1288: 1269: 1266: 1204:Ottoman Empire 1189: 1186: 1133: 1130: 1126:dīwān al-barīd 1122:dīwān al-awqāf 1092:dīwān al-iqṭāʾ 1080:dīwān al-jaysh 1042:, also called 1009:Seljuk dynasty 1000: 997: 985:dīwān al-sawād 977:dīwān al-barīd 973:dīwān al-ḍiyāʿ 969:dīwān al-zimām 957:ʿariḍ al-jaysh 945:dīwān al-jaysh 937:dīwān al-wazīr 871: 868: 854:Zanj Rebellion 841: 838: 834:dīwān al-ḥaram 719:dīwān al-zimām 680:dīwān al-ḍiyāʿ 584:dīwān al-zimām 576:dīwān al-riḳāʿ 560:dīwān al-ḍiyāʿ 506: 505:Abbasid period 503: 443: 685–705 417:dīwān al-ṭirāz 385:postal service 381:dīwān al-barīd 272: 634–644 246: 243: 241: 238: 199:Tajiki Persian 144:Middle Persian 101: 98: 88:Islamic states 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1802: 1791: 1788: 1786: 1783: 1781: 1778: 1776: 1773: 1771: 1768: 1767: 1765: 1754: 1750: 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1208:Grand Vizier 1193: 1191: 1181: 1175: 1149: 1125: 1121: 1115: 1111: 1107: 1103: 1099: 1095: 1091: 1087: 1083: 1082:) under the 1079: 1075: 1071: 1070:) under the 1067: 1063: 1059: 1058:) under the 1055: 1051: 1047: 1046:) under the 1043: 1039: 1035: 1031: 1016: 992: 984: 976: 972: 968: 964: 960: 956: 944: 940: 936: 930: 925: 921: 918:māl-e khāṣṣa 917: 905: 883: 863: 861: 833: 825: 821: 817: 806: 800: 779: 772:dīwān al-dār 771: 760: 753: 746: 743:dīwān al-dār 742: 734: 730: 726: 718: 714: 710: 706: 703:dīwān al-dār 702: 698: 692: 687: 683: 679: 675: 671: 667: 663: 661: 656: 652: 648: 644: 640: 636: 632: 628: 622: 618: 614: 610: 603: 599: 596:comptrollers 591: 587: 583: 575: 571: 567: 559: 549: 544: 540: 536: 532: 524: 514: 485:'s governor 436:Abd al-Malik 433: 428: 424: 420: 416: 412: 411:levies; the 406: 400: 396: 388: 380: 376: 372: 368: 357: 348:, the first 345: 341: 335: 330: 326: 295: 287: 260: 258: 233: 225: 221: 217: 215: 203: 194: 190: 186: 178: 170: 151: 147: 141: 136: 123: 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Index

Divan (furniture)
Diwan (disambiguation)
Diwan-i-Am (Red Fort)

Ottoman
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Persian
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clay tablet
Islamic states
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Mughal
Nawab
Turkish
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Middle Persian
Old Persian
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divan (furniture)
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Rashidun Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate
Umar

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