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Ratio: 1 dinar = 10 rupees = 3 ⁄ 4 pound sterling = 15 shillings sterling: 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 ...
The Saudi riyal was worth 1.065 Gulf rupees, whilst the Qatar and Dubai riyal was equal to the Gulf rupee prior to its devaluation. Initially pegged with sterling at one shilling and six pence (1s. 6d.) per riyal, its value was changed to one shilling and nine pence (1s. 9d.) when sterling was devalued in 1967, maintaining its value in relation ...
Omani rial [14] OMR Oman: ر.ع [15] Qatari riyal [16] QAR Qatar: ر.ق [17] Saudi riyal [18] SAR Saudi Arabia: SR [19] Yemeni rial [20] YER Yemen ﷼ [21] Israeli new shekel [22] ILS Palestine ₪ [22] [23] Somali shilling: SOS Somalia: Sh.So. Ouguiya: MRU Mauritania: UM
In 1966, India devalued the rupee, prompting Qatar, Dubai, and all the Trucial States with the exception of Abu Dhabi, to introduce a new riyal unit at par with the pre-devaluation rupee. 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 .
All the Trucial States except Abu Dhabi adopted the Qatar and Dubai riyal, which was equal to the Gulf rupee prior to the devaluation. These emirates briefly adopted the Saudi riyal during the transition from the Gulf rupee to the Qatar and Dubai riyal. Abu Dhabi used the Bahraini dinar, at a rate of 10 Gulf rupees = 1 dinar. In 1973, the UAE ...
The court of first instance also ordered Ali Sherif al-Emadi to pay a fine in excess of 61 billion Qatari riyals ($16.7 billion), consisting of 40.9 billion riyals -- or twice the amount of money ...
Rupee. Afghan rupee – Afghanistan; Bhutanese rupee – Bhutan; Burmese rupee – Burma; Danish Indian rupee – Danish India; East African rupee – Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda; French Indian rupee – French India; Gulf rupee – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Empirates; Hyderabad rupee – Hyderabad; Indian rupee ...
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. [3]