Dirham

The dirham or dirham (Arabic درهم ) is a unit of currency in a number of Arab countries. It traditionally used to be a silver coin.

History

The word Dirham derives from the Greek drachma coin. In trade with Arab tribes of pre-Islamic times, the drachma was used as currency. Since the 7th century, the dirham was next to the dinar ( gold ) and the Fals ( copper ) is the principal unit of currency in the Islamic world. He wore mainly inscriptions of a religious nature (such as the shahada and Koran quotes ) and those in which the Mint, the year of issue and often the names and titles are called rulers. About the Mediterranean they came to Europe and spread there between the 10th and 12th centuries.

Monetary unit

Presently applicable currencies with names dirham or similar:

• The Moroccan Dirham
• The dirham UAE
• The Armenian Dram
• 1 Libyan Dinar to 1,000 dirhams
• 1 Qatari riyal to 100 Dirham
• 1 Jordanian Dinar to 1992 was divided into 10 dirham
• Tajikistani Somoni 1 to 100 Diram

Mass unit

The dirham was used in the Islamic countries of North Africa, the Middle East and Persia as a mass unit, but in time- varying values.

Historically understandable is in the late Ottoman Empire, the standard dirham, which amounted to 3.207 g. 3.125 g, 3.14 g of Syria and Persia are called 3.2 g for Iraq.