Finance:Idrisid dirham
| الدرهم الإدريسي | |
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The Idrisid dirham (Arabic: الدرهم الإدريسي) was a silver coin minted under the Idrisid dynasty in Morocco and the western Maghreb.[1]
Name
The word "dirham" (درهم) comes from drachma (δραχμή), the Greek coin.[2] "Dirham" is also the name of the currency in use in Morocco today. Idris I was the founder of the Idrisid dynasty.[3]
History
They were first struck under Idris I in Tudgha and Volubilis.[4] Ultimately, they were minted at approximately 20 different workshops.[5]
Description
Inscriptions on the coins indicate the dynasty's Zaidiyyah Shia alignment.[5] They promoted the dynasty's lineage tracing back to Ali, which gave the dynasty legitimacy.[5] The Iraqi Kufic script on these coins influenced the early development of Maghrebi script.[6] The Kufic script on these coins is basic and unembellished, reflecting the economic status of the Idrisid state.[6]
Use
Idrisid dirhams circulated widely in the Middle East, and have been found as far as Russia and the Balkans.[5]
References
- ↑ "Discover Islamic Art - Virtual Museum - object_ISL_ma_Mus01_F_2_en". http://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;ma;Mus01_F;2;en.
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st edition, s.v. 'dirhem'
- ↑ Touri, ‘Abdelaziz; Benaboud, Mhammad; Boujibar, Naïma El-Khatib; Lakhdar, Kamal; Mezzine, Mohamed (2010) (in ca). Andalusian Morocco: A Discovery in Living Art. Museum With No Frontiers, MWNF (Museum Ohne Grenzen). ISBN 978-3-902782-09-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=FTbdBAAAQBAJ.
- ↑ (in en) The Trans-Saharan Book Trade: Manuscript Culture, Arabic Literacy and Intellectual History in Muslim Africa. BRILL. 2010-12-07. ISBN 978-90-04-19361-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=KuF5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA269.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Qantara - The Idrisids (789- 974)". https://www.qantara-med.org/public/show_document.php?do_id=867&lang=en.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 حجي، محمد. (2000). معلمة المغرب : قاموس مرتب على حروف الهجاء يحيط بالمعارف المتعلقة بمختلف الجوانب التاريخية والجغرافية والبشرية والحضارية للمغرب الاقصى : بيبليوغرافيا الاجزاء الاثني عشر المنشورة. Maṭābiʻ Salā. p. 3749. OCLC 49744368. http://worldcat.org/oclc/49744368.
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