Dirham
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The dirham is a historical silver coin and monetary unit widely used in the Islamic world, originating as a standard currency under early Muslim caliphates.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Libyan dirham (subunit) | 0 | 1 |
| dirham | 0 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical currency
→
monetary unit → silver coin → |
| associatedWith |
Islamic expansion
→
Silk Road trade → |
| category | pre-modern currency → |
| circulatedIn |
Andalusia
→
surface form:
Al-Andalus
Central Asia → Middle East → North Africa → |
| contrastedWith |
Dinar
→
Fals → |
| denominationOf | Islamic coinage → |
| etymologyFrom | Greek drachma → |
| foundIn |
archaeological hoards in Europe
→
archaeological hoards in Russia → archaeological hoards in Scandinavia → |
| hasModernNamesake |
Dirham
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
Libyan dirham (subunit)
Moroccan dirham → Qatari riyal dirham subunit → United Arab Emirates dirham → |
| historicalPeriod |
early Islamic period
→
medieval period → |
| influenced | medieval European coinage through trade → |
| influencedBy | Sassanian drahm → |
| linguisticVariant |
derham
→
dirhem → |
| material | silver → |
| monetarySystemComponentOf | early Islamic bimetallic system → |
| numismaticCategory | Islamic silver coinage → |
| originatedAs | standard currency under early Muslim caliphates → |
| religiousInscription | Islamic declarations of faith → |
| religiousInscriptionLanguage | Arabic → |
| scriptUsedOnCoins | Arabic script → |
| standardizedUnder |
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
→
surface form:
Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
|
| standardMetal | silver → |
| usedAs |
medium of exchange
→
store of value → unit of account → |
| usedDuring |
Abbasid Caliphate
→
Umayyad Caliphate → |
| usedFor |
everyday transactions
→
tax payments → trade → |
| usedIn | Islamic world → |
| valueRelativeTo | gold dinar → |
| weightStandardInfluencedBy |
Byzantine weight system
→
Sassanian weight system → |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Libyan dirham (subunit)
this entity surface form:
dirham