The Mughals held court in 2 forms, derived from Persian imperial culture:
Diwan-i-khaas (hall of private audiences)
Diwan-i-aam (hall of commoner audiences)
I think in western imperial culture, the 2 tended to be conflated.
Just trying to expand conceptual vocabulary here 😇
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I have a 2-year old draft post about how medieval Islamic court cultures went beyond European political life with this sort of thing. Might be time to finish it and post, now that twitter has become Shah Elon’s diwan-i-aam.
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Reminds me of the other one m Persians get credit for the practice paraphrased and popularized by Hemingway, think about a big decision drunk and also sober before deciding
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