page_title: Divan
hierarchical_section_title: Divan
caption_attribution_description: Sultan Ahmed III receives French ambassador Vicomte d'Andrezel at Topkapı Palace
context_page_description: A divan or diwan was a high government ministry in various Islamic states, or its chief official.
context_section_description: A divan or diwan (Persian: دیوان‎, dīvān) was a high government ministry in various Islamic states, or its chief official (see dewan).
caption: Audience in the Diwan-i-Khas granted to the French ambassador, the vicomte d'Andrezel by Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III, 10 October 1724, in a contemporary painting by Jean-Baptiste van Mour.
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