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The dirham was a silver coin originally minted by the Persians.
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However the first original minting of the Islamic dirham was done in 695 during Umayyad period.
In peripheral regions, even cruder counterfeits might pass: in the Viking-age site in Coppergate, Coppergate, York, a forgery of an Arab dirham was found, struck as if for Isma ' il ibn Achmad ( ruling at Samarkand, 903-07 / 8 ), of copper covered by a once-silvery wash of tin.
The dirham was struck in many Mediterranean countries, including Al-Andalus ( Moorish Spain ) and the Byzantine Empire ( miliaresion ), and could be used as currency in Europe between the 10th and 12th centuries, notably in areas with Viking connections, such as Viking York and Dublin.
The United Arab Emirates dirham was introduced 19 May 1973.
On January 28, 1978, the dirham was officially pegged to the IMF's special drawing rights ( SDRs ).
Currency Board introduced notes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 dirham ; a 1000 dirham note was issued on 3 January 1976.
A second series of note was introduced in 1982 which omitted the 1 and 1000 dirham notes.
The 200 dirham denomination is scarce as it was only produced in 1989 ; any circulating today come from bank stocks.
This was replaced in 1960 with the reintroduction of the dirham, Morocco's current currency.
Prior to that arrest, the emir was restricted to an allowance of just one hundred dirham per day.
It's especially striking considering that during that time, the emir Shaykhu was estimated to have an income of 200, 000 dirham per day.
The toll income of this road was 146 million dirham ( 2006: 117 MDh ), ranking 4th in toll-revenues in Morocco
The dirham was reintroduced in 1960.
In 1974, with the introduction of the santim, a new coinage was introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 santimat and 1 dirham.
The 1 santim was only minted until 1987 when new designs were introduced, with a ½ dirham replacing the 50 santimat without changing the size or composition.
The new 5 dirham coin was bimetallic, as was the 10 dirham coin introduced in 1995.
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A silver dirham minted in Madinat al-Salam ( Bagdad ) in 170 Anno Hegirae | AH ( 786 CE ).
Kelantan has become the first state to introduce the gold dinar and silver dirham as official currency.
Later silver dirham of the Umayyad Caliphate, minted at Balkh in Hijri year | AH 111 (= 729 / 30 Common Era | CE ).
Arabic silver dirham coins were also being circulated throughout the Afro-Eurasian landmass, as far as sub-Saharan Africa in the south and northern Europe in the north, often in exchange for goods and slaves.
Before the introduction of a modern coinage in 1882, Morocco issued copper coins denominated in falus, silver coins denominated in dirham & gold coins denominated in benduqi.
In 1960, silver 1 dirham coins were introduced.
These were followed by nickel 1 dirham and silver 5 dirham coins in 1965.
* Kelantan dinar ( gold ) and dirham ( silver ) in Malaysia
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Silver dirham coin minted in Almaty in 684 AD
Historically, the word " dirham " is derived from the name of a Greek coin, the Drachma ( δραχμή ); the Greek-speaking Byzantine Empire controlled the Levant and traded with Arabia, circulating the coin there in pre-Islamic times and afterward.
In making change there is a risk of confusing the old 50 fils coin for the modern 1 dirham coin because the coins are almost the same size.
By August 2006 it became publicly known that the Philippine one peso coin is the same size as one dirham.
Cupro-nickel 5 dirham coins were added in 1980 and changed to a bi-metal coin in 1987.
In 2011, a new series of coins has been issued, with the 5 and 10 dirham coin utilizing a latent image as a security feature.
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500 dirham notes were introduced in 1983, followed by 200 dirham in 1989.
This multi-billion dirham desert development is spread over thousands of acres and includes an 18-hole championship course designed by Ian Baker-Finch and Nicklaus Design, a polo ground and an equestrian centre.
* Capital: 302, 371, 500 Moroccan dirham (€ 27, 008, 467 / £ 18, 228, 395 / US $ 36, 750, 427 ), including 68 % owned by the state and the rest is owned by its private financial bodies.
The dirham is issued by the Bank Al-Maghrib, the central bank of Morocco.
While the dirham is a fully convertible currency, export of the local currency is prohibited by law, but seldom controlled.
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The country's currency, the dirham, is now fully convertible for current account transactions ; reforms of the financial sector have been implemented ; and state enterprises are being privatized.
In March 2005, the US opened negotiations on a free trade agreement and despite recent increasing depreciation of Gulf currencies, the UAE dirham remains pegged to the plunging dollar.
Until 1975, old coins denominated in milliemes ( equal to the dirham ) circulated.
In 1975, coins were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dirham which bore the coat of arms of the Federation of Arab Republics.
1, 5, 10, and 20 dirham coins are rarely used as units of exchange.
The dinar is divided into 10 dirham, 100 qirsh ( also called piastres ) or 1000 fils.
Until 1992, coins were denominated in Arabic using fils, qirsh, dirham and dinar but in English only in fils and dinar.
Since 1992, the fils and dirham are no longer used in the Arabic denominations and the English denominations are given in dinar and either qirsh or piastres.
In addition, the Jordanian dinar is divided into 10 dirham, 100 qirsh / piastres, or 1000 fils.
* The dirham, spelt ' diram ,' is 1 / 100 of the Tajikistani somoni.
Sheikh Rashid brought Dubai to join Abu Dhabi and other northern Emirates to create the United Arab Emirates in 1971, and in 1973, Dubai joined the other emirates to adopt a uniform currency, the UAE dirham.
The dirham () ( sign: د. إ ; code: AED ) is the currency of the United Arab Emirates.
The ISO 4217 code ( currency abbreviation ) for the United Arab Emirates dirham is AED.
The dirham is subdivided into 100.
The Qatar and Dubai riyal had circulated since 1966 in all of the emirates except Abu Dhabi, where the dirham replaced the Bahraini dinar at 1 dirham = 0. 1 dinar.
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