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Abu Dhabi used the Bahraini dinar, at a rate of 10 Gulf rupees = 1 dinar. In 1973, the UAE adopted the UAE dirham as its currency. Abu Dhabi adopted the UAE dirham in place of the Bahraini dinar, at 1 dinar = 10 dirhams, while in the other emirates, the Qatar and Dubai riyal were exchanged at par.
The Indian rupee remained the de facto currency of the Trucial States as well as the other Persian Gulf states, such as Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, until the Gulf rupee was introduced in 1959. The Gulf rupee was used until the Gulf countries introduced their own currencies after the great devaluation of the rupee.
Currency of Qatar 1959 – 1966 Succeeded by: Saudi riyal Location: Qatar and Trucial States except Abu Dhabi Reason: devaluation of the Gulf rupee before delivery of replacement Ratio: 1 riyal = 1.065 rupee: Currency of Trucial States 1959 – 1966 Succeeded by: Bahraini dinar Location: Abu Dhabi Reason: devaluation of the Gulf rupee before ...
Abu Dhabi instead chose to adopt the Bahraini dinar, and in 1973 it changed to the United Arab Emirates dirham in line with the rest of the sheikdoms in the UAE. On 7 May 1970, the Sultanate of Oman replaced the Gulf rupee with the Omani rial unit that was created at par with the pound sterling, so ending the existence of the Gulf rupee.
This followed the creation of the UAE as an independent state in 1971. The original purpose of the UAE Currency Board was to issue an independent currency for the new state to replace the existing currencies in use: the Qatari riyal and the Bahraini Dinar. The new UAE dirham entered circulation on the same day the Currency Board was established.
Indian rupee (INR) Hindi ... Abu Dhabi: 83,600: 4,106,427: 121 [Figures don't balance] 78,255: 0.911: UAE dirham (AED) Arabic: ... Currency Official languages Leaders ...
Businesses in the largest sheikhdoms in the UAE, Dubai and Abu Dhabi continued to use the Indian Rupee even after India's independence in 1947. But its popularity strained India's foreign reserves, and so in 1959 the Indian government created the Gulf rupee, initially at par with the Indian rupee.
In December 2020 UAE Exchange's parent group, Finablr was acquired by Prism Group AG and Royal Strategic Partners, the Abu Dhabi investment vehicle associated with Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, brother of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The consortium said that they planned to restructure the group to ...