قَيْرَوَانٌ

, an arabicized word, (K,) from [the Persian] كَارْوَانْ, (TA,) and signifying A caravan; a company, or an assemblage of persons, travelling together; synonym قَافِلَةٌ: (K:) or the main part of a قافلة: and of an army: (A. IAth, and so in a copy of the S:) or of [such a collection of soldiers as is called] a كَتِيسبَة: (ISk:) and the companions and assistants of the devil. (IAth.) It has the last of these significations in a tradition of Mujáhid, in which it is said, يَغْدُو الشَّيْطَانُ بِقَيْرَوَانِهِ إِلَى السُّوقِ فَلَا يَزَالُ يَهْتَزُّ العَرْشُ مِمَّا يَعْلَمُ اللّٰهُ مَا لَا يَعْلَمُ [The devil goeth in the morning with his companions and assistants to the market-place, and the empyrean ceaseth not to shake in consequence of the assertions that God knoweth what He knoweth not]: meaning, that the devil incites men to say “ God knoweth such a thing, ” of things whereof God knoweth the contrary: [as for instance, “ God knoweth that such a commodity cost me (the seller) such a sum of money: ”] يَعْلَمُ اللّٰهُ being a form of asseveration. (IAth.) [قيروان is written قَيْرُوَانٌ in some copies of the S and K. It is mentioned in this article, and in article قرو, in the K: in the S, only in the latter article, and part of the above tradition is there cited.]