Editing Dirham (section)

{{Short description|Unit of currency in several Asian and African states}}

[[File:Dirham.svg|thumb|Nations in red currently use the dirham. Nations in green use a currency with a subdivision named dirham.]]
The '''dirham'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɜːr|h|æ|m}} {{respell|DUR-ham}}; {{langx|ar|درهم}}}}, '''dirhem'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɜːr|h|ɛ|m}} {{respell|DUR-hem}}}} or '''drahm'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|r|ɑː|m}}}} is a unit of currency and of mass. It is the name of the currencies of [[Moroccan dirham|Morocco]], the [[United Arab Emirates dirham|United Arab Emirates]] and [[Armenian dram|Armenia]], and is the name of a currency subdivision in [[Jordanian dinar|Jordan]], [[Libyan dinar|Libya]], [[Qatari riyal|Qatar]] and [[Tajikistani somoni|Tajikistan]]. It was historically a silver coin.

[[File:Dirham of Umar II, 718-719.jpg|thumb|Silver dirham of Caliph [[Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz]] 718–719 CE]]
[[File:Dihram of Yazid II, 721-722.jpg|thumb|right|Silver dirham of [[Yazid II]] minted in 721–722 CE]]
[[File:Dirham of Marwan II ibn Muhammad, AH 127-132.jpg|thumb|left|Silver dirham of [[Marwan II]] ibn Muhammad 749–745 CE]]
[[File:Dirhem of al-Saffah, AH 132-136.jpg|thumb|left|Silver dirham of [[As-Saffah]] 754–758 CE]]
[[File:Dirhem of Al-Hadi, AH 170.jpg|thumb|left|Silver dirham of [[Al-Hadi]] minted in 786–787 CE in al-Haruniya]]
[[File:Dirham of al-Mu'tasim, AH 221.jpg|thumb|left|Silver dirham of [[Al-Mu'tasim]], minted at [[al-Muhammadiya]] in 836–837 CE]]
[[File:Arab-Sasanian Dirham in the name of al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.jpg|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]]]]
[[File:Silver Dirham.png|thumb|Later silver dirham of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]], minted at [[Balkh]] in 729–730 CE ([[Hijri year|AH]]) 111)]]
[[File:AlHakemII dirhem MedinaAzahara.jpg|thumb|Silver dirham of Alhakén II, [[Caliph of Córdoba]]]]
[[File:Silver dirham LACMA M.2002.1.437 (2 of 2).jpg|thumb|Silver dirham issued in 1002 by Hisham II, [[Caliph of Córdoba]]]]