Dirham

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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Unit of mass
History
Dirham in Jewish orthodox law
Modern-day currency
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thumb|Silver dirham of Caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz 718–719 CE thumb|right|Silver dirham of Yazid II minted in 721–722 CE thumb|left|Silver dirham of Marwan II ibn Muhammad 749–745 CE thumb|left|Silver dirham of As-Saffah 754–758 CE thumb|left|Silver dirham of Al-Hadi minted in 786–787 CE in al-Haruniya thumb|left|Silver dirham of Al-Mu'tasim, minted at [[al-Muhammadiya in 836–837 CE]] thumb|right|One of the first silver coins of the Umayyad Caliphate, still following Sassanid motifs, struck in the name of [[al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf]] thumb|Later silver dirham of the Umayyad Caliphate, minted at [[Balkh in 729–730 CE (AH) 111)]] thumb|Silver dirham of Alhakén II, Caliph of Córdoba thumb|Silver dirham issued in 1002 by Hisham II, Caliph of Córdoba