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The weight of the dinar is 1 mithqal (4.25 grams or 0.137 troy ounces). The word dinar comes from the Latin word denarius, which was a silver coin. The name "dinar" is also used for Sasanid, Kushan, and Kidarite gold coins, though it is not known what the contemporary name was. The first dinars were issued by the Umayyad Caliphate. Under the ...
The dinar (/ d ɪ ˈ n ɑː r /) is the name of the principal currency unit in several countries near the Mediterranean Sea, with a more widespread historical use. The English word "dinar" is the transliteration of the Arabic دينار ( dīnār ), which was borrowed via the Syriac dīnarā from the Latin dēnārius .
Islamic currency consisted of gold , silver , and copper or bronze coins, as well as their fractions and multiples. Initially these coins followed pre-Islamic patterns in iconography, but under Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan , a distinctive Islamic dinar type was created that eschewed images and carried the Islamic profession of faith .
Gold dinar of Abd al-Malik, AH 75, Umayyad Caliphate.. According to Islamic law, the Islamic dinar is a coin of pure gold weighing 72 grains of average barley. [citation needed] Modern determinations of weight for the "full solidus" weigh 4.44 grams at the time of Heraclius and a "light solidus" equivalent to the weight of the mithqal weighing 4.25 grams, with the silver Dirham being created ...
The dirham was the main silver coin, which was evaluated in relation to the gold dinar and whose intrinsic measurements are generally left unmentioned in historical sources. [61] The z'aida and qat'a silver coins also appear in historical sources, but their appearance or exact nature is left unclear. [ 62 ]
An Almoravid dinar coin from Seville, 1116. (British Museum); the Almoravid gold dinar would set the standard of the Iberian maravedí. Ali Ibn Yusuf (r. 1106–1143) was born in Ceuta and educated in the traditions of al-Andalus, unlike his predecessors, who were from the Sahara.
The Islamic State dinar (Arabic: دينار الدولة الإسلامية), or simply the gold dinar, [2] was the official currency of the Islamic State from 2014 to 2019. Subdivided into dirhams and fulûs , it was modelled after the historical gold dinar that was first introduced in the Muslim world during the time of the Umayyad Caliphate .
Dinar 1991 France: 25 Yuan 1992 China: 10 Dinar 1992 Algeria: 20 Dinar 1992 Algeria: 50 Dinar 1992 Algeria: 50 Gapik 1992 Azerbaijan: 250 Rials 1993 Iran: 100 Fils 1992 Bahrain: 50 Koruna 1993 Czech Republic: 10 Dollars 1993 Hong Kong: 1,000 Rupees 1993 Indonesia: 500 Pesos 1993 Colombia: 10 Markaa 1993 Finland: 10 Yuan 1994 China: 5 Dollars ...