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  • noun Plural form of dirham.

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Examples

  • She resumed, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that Nur al-Din, after donning his own dress and taking the ten dirhams from the ancient dame, fared forth to the market streets and wandered about a while till he knew every quarter of the city, after which he returned to the church518 and saw the Princess Miriam the

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Thereupon Nur al-Din took the ten dirhams from the ancient dame, and donning his own dress, went out to the bazar and walked about the city and took his pleasure therein, till he knew its highways and gates, — And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • So I left him and, hastening to my house, found at the door a man who gave me a note wherein was written the following: ‘After thou hadst been with us and we heard thy case, we betook ourselves to the Caliph and informed him that ill condition had reduced thee to the humiliation of begging; where upon he ordered us to supply thee with a thousand thousand dirhams from the Treasury.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • "India has the biggest share of the imports of 17.1 billion dirhams, that is 14.8 percent of Dubai's total imports," said Ahmed Butti, Director

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • They were fined 1,000 dirhams, which is about £200.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

  • They were fined 1,000 dirhams, which is about £200.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

  • They were fined 1,000 dirhams, which is about £200.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

  • They were fined 1000 dirhams, which is about £200.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

  • They were fined 1,000 dirhams, which is about £200.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

  • They were fined 1,000 dirhams, which is about £200.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

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