Diwan (state register)

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Diwan (state register) was an early Islamic administrative bureau that systematically recorded and managed state revenues, stipends, and military pensions in the Rashidun Caliphate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic administrative institution
administrative bureau
government institution
state register
appliesTo early Islamic period
category Islamic administrative history
Rashidun Caliphate institutions
country Rashidun Caliphate
developedInContextOf expansion of the Rashidun Caliphate
domain bureaucracy
military organization
public finance
etymology from Arabic dīwān
function maintain registers of soldiers
manage military pensions
manage state revenues
manage stipends
organize payment of troops
record military pensions
record state revenues
record stipends
goal equitable distribution of stipends
systematic management of state income and expenditure
governmentTypeContext Islamic Caliphates
surface form: Caliphate
hasRoleIn centralization of Rashidun administration
institutionalization of military pay
organization of conquered territories
historicalEra 7th century
historicalRegion early Islamic empire
influenced later Islamic administrative diwans
languageOfTerm Arabic
partOf Rashidun Caliphate
records amounts of payments due
military service entitlements
names of recipients of stipends
sources of revenue
relatedConcept Bayt al-mal (public treasury)
surface form: Bayt al-mal

Islamic fiscal system
Islamic military register
religion Islam
typeOf state payroll register
tax and revenue register
usedFor budgetary control
distribution of public funds
fiscal administration
military administration

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Umar ibn al-Khattab introducedInstitution Diwan (state register)