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Definition of Dirhams
1. dirham [n] - See also: dirham
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirhams
Literary usage of Dirhams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronicle of Progress by Peter Vine, Ibrahim Abed, Paula Casey-Vine, Abdullah Al Jabali (1996)
"Local liquidity had increased to 43.8 billion dirhams. 13 June: The UAE succeeded
in the first division of the individual competition in the fifteenth World ..."
2. The Ain i Akbari by Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, Henry Blochmann, Henry Sullivan Jarrett (1873)
"Others assert, that 'Omar was the first who stamped an impression ou dirhams ...
refined the base dirhams, and coined them with the words ..."
3. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1873)
"326400 Ferghana, 280000 (Muhammadi dirhams, black coins). ... and Mus'aihi
dirhams)+ 1187 pieces of cloth and 1300 plaques of copper. 64. ..."
4. The Origins of the Islamic State, Being a Translation from the Arabic by Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá Balādhurī, Philip Khuri Hitti (1916)
"On every man, he assessed 48, 24, or 12 dirhams as poll-tax. ... mentioned Indian
peas, grapes, clovers and sesame, upon each of which he assessed 8 dirhams ..."
5. African Economic Outlookby African Development Bank, OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service) by African Development Bank, OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service) (2004)
"The shortfall was partly offset by a 4 per cent rise in tax revenue, including
a 2 216 million dirhams ($200 million) rise in direct taxes, 880 million ($80 ..."
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