Dirham

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historical currency monetary unit silver coin

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dirham canonical 3
Islamic dirham 1
Libyan dirham (subunit) 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 (6)

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

Umayyad Caliphate → currency → Dirham ⓘ
United Arab Emirates dirham → namedAfter → Dirham ⓘ
this entity surface form: dirham
Rashidun Caliphate → currency → Dirham ⓘ
Dinar → contrastedWith → Dirham ⓘ
Dirham → hasModernNamesake → Dirham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Libyan dirham (subunit)
Sassanian drahm → influenced → Dirham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic dirham