Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirhem
Literary usage of Dirhem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1884)
"... and the -14th of the legal dirhem, but in practice its relation varies greatly,
... 3 dirhem (S. 79, 95, 102); but this was a gold coin ..."
2. Catalogue of Oriental Coins in the British Museum by Stanley Lane-Poole, Reginald Stuart Poole, British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals (1883)
"The dirhem, at this rate, would be 3-079 grammes, or say 47J English grains.
The Dutch crown would thus weigh 403 grains. There happens to be a Dutch crown ..."
3. The Moohummudan Law of Sale, According to the Huneefeea Code: from the by Neil Benjamin Edmonstone Baillie (1850)
"... Take this, and add to me a dirhem for it," the transaction is lawful, the
additional dirhem being set off to the better quality, or the increased length ..."
4. Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China by Henry Yule, Odorico, Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb, Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, Joannes de Marignolis, Ibn Batuta, Bento de Góis (1866)
"Then as regards the dirhem. The dinar of the Arabs was a perpetuation of the golden
... The dirhem more vaguely represented the drachma, or rather the Roman ..."
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