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Bahrain created the Bahraini dinar in 1965, at the rate of 1 dinar = 10 rupees. Qatar and most of the Trucial States (after 1971, United Arab Emirates) adopted the Qatar and Dubai riyal, which was equal to the Gulf rupee prior to its devaluation, effectively the Indian rupee value. Abu Dhabi used the Bahraini dinar until 1973.
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 ...
The Indian rupee was the official currency of Dubai and Qatar until 1959, when India created a new Gulf rupee (also known as the "external rupee") to hinder the smuggling of gold. [14] The Gulf rupee was legal tender until 1966, when India significantly devalued the Indian rupee and a new Qatar-Dubai riyal was established to provide economic ...
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 .
Fixed currency Anchor currency Rate (anchor / fixed) Abkhazian apsar: Russian ruble: 0.1 Alderney pound (only coins) [1]: Pound sterling: 1 Aruban florin: U.S. dollar: 1.79
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
The Indian government introduced the Gulf rupee as a replacement for the Indian rupee for circulation outside the country with the Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act of 1 May 1959. [105] The creation of a separate currency was an attempt to reduce the strain on India's foreign reserves from gold smuggling.
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 ...