Royal and noble courts

household and attendants of a monarch or high-ranking noble

thumb|Audience in the Diwan-i-Khas granted to the French ambassador, the vicomte d'Andrezel by Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III, 10 October 1724, in a contemporary painting by Jean-Baptiste van Mour.

body that advises the head of state

form of Vietnamese court music

non-fiction work by Baldassarre Castiglione

Persian-derived term for a formal meeting where the ruler held discussions regarding the state

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government that travels from place to place