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dewan Name Meaning and History

Indian and Pakistani: status name for a treasurer or court official, from Arabic diwan ‘royal court’, ‘tribunal of justice’, or ‘treasury’. Under the Mughal administration in India the dewan was usually the highest official in a state.

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Distribution of dewan Families in the US in 1880
Number of dewan families
 21-40
 8-20
 1-7
 0
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