diwan
Britishnoun
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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.
From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala by Baerlein, Henry
Miska ran and struck the gong, then staggered back to the diwan and fell upon it, hiding her face in her hands.
From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax
No diwan of his is extant, though he composed verse of his own and probably a good deal of what he ascribed to earlier poets.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
Her beautiful face a mask of anguish, Miska cowered upon the diwan, watching the closed doors.
From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax
He was lying upon a deep diwan, which was covered with leopard-skins and which occupied one corner of the most extraordinary room he had ever seen or ever could have imagined.
From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax
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