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The Qatari riyal (sign: QR in Latin, [1] ر.ق in Arabic; ISO code: QAR) is the currency of the State of Qatar. It is divided into 100 dirhams ( Arabic : درهم ). History
This is a list of historical currencies. Ancient Mediterranean ... Roman currency; Roman Imperial currency ... Gulf rupee – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United ...
Currency: Qatari riyal : Time zone: UTC+3:00 : Calling code ... the World Cup in Qatar was the most expensive in the competition's history and had many modern ...
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To the middle of the 20th century, the Indian rupee was also used as the official currency in the emirates on the eastern Arabian Peninsula, namely Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the Trucial States, and Oman. That meant, in effect, that the Indian rupee was the common currency in those territories as well as in India.
In summary, the currency units used in Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, and the Yemen are all descended from the pound sterling unit, and the Bahraini dinar partially so, whereas the currency unit that was first used in Qatar and Dubai in 1966 replaced the Indian rupee at its pre-devaluation exchange rate.
The dirham, [a] dirhem [b] or drahm [c] is a unit of currency and of mass. It is the name of the currencies of Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Armenia, and is the name of a currency subdivision in Jordan, Libya, Qatar and Tajikistan. It was historically a silver coin.
The Qatar Central Bank (Arabic: مصرف قطر المركزي) is the central bank of Qatar.. Originally known as the Qatar Monetary Agency it was founded in 1973. Over its history the Qatar Central Bank has increasingly worked in association with other, larger central banks to achieve a stable currency for the country, most recently and notably with the Monetary Authority of Singapore.