Dinar

E44082

Islamic monetary unit gold coin historical currency

The Dinar is a historic gold coin and monetary unit widely used across the Islamic world, originating as the standard currency of early Muslim empires.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
dinar	7
Dinar canonical	3
Islamic dinar	2
Abbasid dinar	1
Saadi dinar	1
dinar (historical currency unit)	1
gold dinar	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341465 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dinar
Context triple: [Umayyad Caliphate, currency, Dinar]

A. Khorumi
Khorumi is a dynamic Georgian war dance characterized by powerful, martial movements and formations that depict battle scenes and military pride.
B. Tunisian dinar
The Tunisian dinar is the official monetary unit of Tunisia, subdivided into 1,000 millimes and used for all domestic financial transactions.
C. Iraqi dinar
The Iraqi dinar is the official fiat currency of Iraq, issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and subdivided into 1,000 fils.
D. Algerian dinar
The Algerian dinar is the official monetary unit of Algeria, issued and regulated by the Bank of Algeria.
E. Libyan dinar
The Libyan dinar is the official monetary unit of Libya, used for everyday transactions and economic activities throughout the country.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dinar
Target entity description: The Dinar is a historic gold coin and monetary unit widely used across the Islamic world, originating as the standard currency of early Muslim empires.

A. Khorumi
Khorumi is a dynamic Georgian war dance characterized by powerful, martial movements and formations that depict battle scenes and military pride.
B. Tunisian dinar
The Tunisian dinar is the official monetary unit of Tunisia, subdivided into 1,000 millimes and used for all domestic financial transactions.
C. Iraqi dinar
The Iraqi dinar is the official fiat currency of Iraq, issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and subdivided into 1,000 fils.
D. Algerian dinar
The Algerian dinar is the official monetary unit of Algeria, issued and regulated by the Bank of Algeria.
E. Libyan dinar
The Libyan dinar is the official monetary unit of Libya, used for everyday transactions and economic activities throughout the country.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic monetary unit ⓘ gold coin ⓘ historical currency ⓘ
authorityNamedOn	reigning caliph ⓘ
category	Islamic numismatics ⓘ medieval currencies ⓘ
circulatedAlongside	copper fals ⓘ silver dirham ⓘ
contrastedWith	Dirham ⓘ
currencyOf	early Islamic state ⓘ
denominationOf	Islamic coinage ⓘ
etymology	derived from Latin denarius ⓘ
function	medium of exchange ⓘ store of value ⓘ unit of account ⓘ
historicalInfluenceOn	later Islamic coinage ⓘ modern currencies named dinar ⓘ
historicalStatus	standard high-value coin in early Islamic economy ⓘ
inspiredBy	Byzantine solidus ⓘ
introducedInCentury	7th century ⓘ late 7th century ⓘ
languageOfLegends	Arabic ⓘ
material	gold ⓘ
metalComparedWith	silver dirham ⓘ
monetaryStandard	gold standard in early Islamic period ⓘ
region	Iberian Peninsula under Islamic rule ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ
relatedConcept	Islamic gold dinar ⓘ modern dinar currencies ⓘ
religiousInscription	Islamic declarations of faith ⓘ Quranic verses ⓘ
scriptUsed	Arabic script ⓘ
shape	round coin ⓘ
standardizedUnder	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ surface form: Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
subdivisionOf	Islamic monetary system ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence	7th to 13th centuries ⓘ
usedBy	Dar al-Islam ⓘ surface form: Islamic states Muslim merchants ⓘ
usedFor	long-distance trade ⓘ payment of soldiers ⓘ state revenues ⓘ tax payments ⓘ
usedIn	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Islamic world ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ early Muslim empires ⓘ various Islamic caliphates ⓘ
weightStandard	approximately 4.25 grams of gold ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Umayyad Caliphate → currency → Dinar ⓘ

Rashidun Caliphate → currency → Dinar ⓘ

Dirham → contrastedWith → Dinar ⓘ

solidus → influenced → Dinar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic dinar

Marinid dynasty → currency → Dinar ⓘ

this entity surface form: gold dinar

IQD → currencyUnit → Dinar ⓘ