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‖ dewani, dewanny, dewaunee|diːˈwɑːnɪ|
Also dûanny, dewauny, dīwānī.
[a. Pers. dīwānī, dīvānī, the office or function of dīwān: see prec.]
The office of dewan; esp. ‘the right of receiving as dewān, or finance minister, 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’ (Yule and Burnell).
1783Burke Report Affairs India Wks. XI. 141 The acquisition of the Dûanny opened a wide field for all projects of this nature. Ibid. 196 Under the jurisdiction of the Dewanny Courts. 1801R. Patton Asiat. Mon. 178 note, The officers of the dewanny, the revenue department. 1862Beveridge Hist. India I. iii. xii. 671 An offer of the dewaunee had..been made to Clive. 1876Grant Hist. India I. xx. 106/2 The Mogul ceded the dewaunee, or collection of the revenues in Bengal, Behar, and Orissa. |