dirhem

A man-slave sold among the unbelievers for a dirhem; a donkey for the same; a sword, half a dirhem; a horse, five dirhems.

Burlesques 2006

One of them, however, lengthened out his tongue of objection and began to reproach me, saying that I had committed an act repugnant to intelligent men by bestowing a portion of my professional dress upon a musician who had all his life not a dirhem laid upon the palm of his hand nor filings of silver or of gold placed on his drum.

The Gulistan of Sa'di 2003

I sought not the dirhem on account of its money value, but only on account of the greatness and importance of the words engraved upon the coin.

Malayan Literature Various

Had I not found the dirhem, and had left it on the ground, then people passing would have trodden upon it, and the two names inscribed upon it, and which ought to be glorified by all men, would have been despised and disgraced, and I would have been the accomplice of all the passers-by who trod upon it.

Malayan Literature Various

He wearied himself to hunt for one dirhem when he had a sack full of them.

Malayan Literature Various

On the journey, a dirhem fell to the ground, and the fisherman, lowering his sack, began to search for the dirhem that had fallen.

Malayan Literature Various

That is why I took the trouble to find the dirhem. '

Malayan Literature Various

Was there but one dirhem in the world, thou wouldst obtain it by this means.

A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions 1903

And he wept and said, "O my brother, it was decreed: and behold, I am poor, without a dirhem [FN#13] or a shirt to my back."

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Anonymous 1879

[FN#13] A dirhem (Gr. drachma) is a silver coin worth about 6d.

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Anonymous 1879