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The Moroccan dirham (Arabic: درهم, romanized: dirham, Moroccan Arabic: درهم, romanized: derhem; sign: DH; code: MAD) is the official monetary currency of Morocco. It is issued by the Bank Al-Maghrib, the central bank of Morocco. One Moroccan dirham is subdivided into 100 santimat (singular: santim; Arabic: سنتيم).
Moroccan presence in the United States was rare until the mid-twentieth century. The first North African who came to the current United States was probably Estebanico Al Azemmouri (also called Estevanico), a Muslim Moroccan of Gnawa descent, [2] who participated in Pánfilo de Narváez's ill-fated expedition to colonize Florida and the Gulf Coast in 1527.
Colour key and notes Indicates that a given currency is pegged to another currency (details) Italics indicates a state or territory with a low level of international recognition State or territory Currency Symbol [D] or Abbrev. ISO code Fractional unit Number to basic Abkhazia Abkhazian apsar [E] аҧ (none) (none) (none) Russian ruble ₽ RUB Kopeck 100 Afghanistan Afghan afghani ؋ AFN ...
Dirham (درهم) Moroccan dirham – Morocco; United Arab Emirates dirham – United Arab Emirates; Dobra – São Tomé and Príncipe; Dollar. Antigua dollar – Antigua; Australian dollar – Australia, Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu; Bahamian dollar – Bahamas; Barbadian dollar – Barbados; Belize dollar – Belize; Bermudian dollar – Bermuda
The dirham was a unit of mass used across North Africa, the Middle East, Persia and Ifat; later known as Adal, with varying values. The value of Islamic dirham was 14 qirat. 10 dirham equals 7 mithqal (2.975 gm of silver). In the late Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish: درهم), the standard dirham was 3.207 g; [1] 400 dirhem equal one oka.
The rial was introduced when Morocco adopted a modern style coinage in 1882. It replaced a system consisting of copper falus , silver dirham and gold benduqi . In Spanish Morocco , the rial was replaced by the Spanish peseta in 1912 at a rate of 1 rial = 5 pesetas.
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Moroccan presence in the United States was rare until the mid-twentieth century. The first North African who came to the current United States was probably the Azemmouri or Estevanico ’s slave, a Muslim Moroccan pilot boat of Berber origin, who participated in the Pánfilo de Narváez 's ill-fated expedition to colonize Florida and the Gulf ...