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单词 dewani
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dewanin.

/diːˈwɑːni/
Forms: Also dûanny, dewanny, dewaunee, dewauny, dīwānī.
Etymology: < Persian dīwānī, dīvānī, the office or function of dīwān : see dewan n.
The office of dewan (dewan n.); the right to the revenues of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, conferred on this office.
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1783 E. Burke in 9th Rep. Select Comm. Admin. Justice Bengal, Bahar & Orissa iii. 35 The Acquisition of the Dûanny opened a wide Field for all Projects of this Nature.
1783 E. Burke in 9th Rep. Select Comm. Admin. Justice Bengal, Bahar & Orissa iii. 48 Under the Jurisdiction of the Dewanny Courts.
1801 R. Patton Princ. Asiatic Monarchies 178 (note) The officers of the dewanny, the revenue department.
1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India I. iii. xii. 671 An offer of the dewaunee had..been made to Clive.
1876 J. Grant Hist. India I. xx. 106/2 The Mogul ceded the dewaunee, or collection of the revenues in Bengal, Behar, and Orissa.
1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 311/2 Dewauny, Dewanny,..the office of dīwān;..and especially the right of receiving as dīwān the revenue of Bengal, Behar, and Orissa, conferred upon the E. I. Company by the Great Mogul Shāh 'Alam in 1765. Also used sometimes for the territory which was the subject of that grant.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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