Seema Kumari
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Posted 4 year ago

What is the function of the Diwan?

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Utkarsh Patel
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Posted 4 year ago Utkarsh Patel

divan, also spelled diwan, or dewan, Arabic dīwān, in Islamic societies, a “register,” or logbook, and later a “finance department,” “government bureau,” or “administration.” The first divan appeared under the caliph ʿUmar I (634–644) as a pensions list, recording free Arab warriors entitled to a share of the spoils of ...