Dinar

E44082

Islamic monetary unit gold coin historical currency

The Dinar is a historic gold coin and monetary unit widely used across the Islamic world, originating as the standard currency of early Muslim empires.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
dinar	7
Dinar canonical	3
Islamic dinar	2
Abbasid dinar	1
Saadi dinar	1
dinar (historical currency unit)	1
gold dinar	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic monetary unit ⓘ gold coin ⓘ historical currency ⓘ
authorityNamedOn	reigning caliph ⓘ
category	Islamic numismatics ⓘ medieval currencies ⓘ
circulatedAlongside	copper fals ⓘ silver dirham ⓘ
contrastedWith	Dirham ⓘ
currencyOf	early Islamic state ⓘ
denominationOf	Islamic coinage ⓘ
etymology	derived from Latin denarius ⓘ
function	medium of exchange ⓘ store of value ⓘ unit of account ⓘ
historicalInfluenceOn	later Islamic coinage ⓘ modern currencies named dinar ⓘ
historicalStatus	standard high-value coin in early Islamic economy ⓘ
inspiredBy	Byzantine solidus ⓘ
introducedInCentury	7th century ⓘ late 7th century ⓘ
languageOfLegends	Arabic ⓘ
material	gold ⓘ
metalComparedWith	silver dirham ⓘ
monetaryStandard	gold standard in early Islamic period ⓘ
region	Iberian Peninsula under Islamic rule ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ
relatedConcept	Islamic gold dinar ⓘ modern dinar currencies ⓘ
religiousInscription	Islamic declarations of faith ⓘ Quranic verses ⓘ
scriptUsed	Arabic script ⓘ
shape	round coin ⓘ
standardizedUnder	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ surface form: Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
subdivisionOf	Islamic monetary system ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence	7th to 13th centuries ⓘ
usedBy	Dar al-Islam ⓘ surface form: Islamic states Muslim merchants ⓘ
usedFor	long-distance trade ⓘ payment of soldiers ⓘ state revenues ⓘ tax payments ⓘ
usedIn	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Islamic world ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ early Muslim empires ⓘ various Islamic caliphates ⓘ
weightStandard	approximately 4.25 grams of gold ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Umayyad Caliphate → currency → Dinar ⓘ

Rashidun Caliphate → currency → Dinar ⓘ

Dirham → contrastedWith → Dinar ⓘ

solidus → influenced → Dinar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic dinar

Marinid dynasty → currency → Dinar ⓘ

this entity surface form: gold dinar

IQD → currencyUnit → Dinar ⓘ