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Dirham
Unit of currency in several Arab and Islamic states / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The dirham, dirhem or drahm (Arabic: درهم) 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, Qatar and Tajikistan. It was historically a silver coin.
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