DEWAN  or DIWAN, an See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• TERM

term for See also:

• FINANCE

finance See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister . The•word is derived from the Arabian diwan, and is commonly used in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India to denote a minister of the See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, or in See also:

• MODERN

modern days the See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime minister of a native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . It was in the former sense that the See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of the dewanny to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company in 1765 became the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• EMPIRE

empire in India .