Editing Rupee (section)

===East Africa, Arabia, and Mesopotamia===
In East Africa, [[Arabia]], and [[Mesopotamia]], the rupee and its subsidiary coinage was current at various times. The usage of the rupee in East Africa extended from [[Somaliland]] in the north to as far south as [[Colony of Natal|Natal]]. In Mozambique, the British India rupees were overstamped, and in Kenya, the [[British East Africa Company]] minted the rupee and its fractions, as well as pice.

The rise in the price of silver immediately after the [[World War I|First World War]] caused the rupee to rise in value to two shillings [[Pound sterling|sterling]]. In 1920 in [[British East Africa]], the opportunity was then taken to introduce a new [[East African florin|florin]] coin, hence bringing the currency into line with sterling. Shortly after that, the florin was split into two [[East African shilling]]s. This assimilation to [[Pound sterling|sterling]] did not, however, happen in [[British India]] itself. In Somalia, the Italian colonial authority minted 'rupia' to exactly the same standard and called the ''pice'' 'besa'.

The Indian rupee was the official currency of [[Dubai]] and [[Qatar]] until 1959, when India created a new [[Gulf rupee]] (also known as the "external rupee") to hinder the smuggling of gold.<ref name="nyrop2008">{{Cite book | title=Area Handbook for the Persian Gulf States | author=Richard F. Nyrop | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-4344-6210-7 | publisher=Wildside Press | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BPX0h_wbFtEC | quote=... The Indian rupee was the principal currency until 1959, when it was replaced by a special gulf rupee to halt gold smuggling into India ...}}</ref> The Gulf rupee was legal tender until 1966, when India significantly devalued the Indian rupee and a new [[Qatari riyal|Qatar-Dubai riyal]] was established to provide economic stability.<ref name="nyrop2008" />