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Dirham

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Also known as Denar, Dinar, Dirhem, Dirahm

thumb|Nations in red currently use the dirham. Nations in green use a currency with a subdivision named dirham. The dirham, dirhem or drahm 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.

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The dirham is a currency used in several countries, including Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Armenia, and serves as a smaller unit of currency in several other nations. Historically it was a silver coin, and today it remains an important monetary unit across parts of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia.

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Vinony's link graph records 695 inbound references to Dirham, and connects out to Sasanian Empire, Oxford English Dictionary and Shulchan Aruch.

It sits within the topics Denominations (currency), Islamic banking and Islamic banking and finance terminology.

Vinony links it to 64 Wikipedia language editions.

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Said to be same as
dinar
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Dirham
different from
dinar
language of work or name
Arabic
writing system
Arabic script
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