Mozambique's currency since 1980, the metical, is derived from mithqāl. The word mithqāl (Arabic: مثقال; “weight, unit of weight”) comes from the Arabic...
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Mithqal bin Sattam bin Fendi Al-Fayez (Arabic: مثقال الفايز , (c. 1880 – April 14, 1967) was a Jordanian political and tribal figure whose work helped...
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nominally divided into 100 centavos. The name metical comes from Arabic مثقال (mithqāl), a unit of weight and an alternative name for the gold dinar coin that...
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Sakher, Sheikh Daham bin Dardah Al-Bakhit Al-Fayez and his wife Gutnah bint Mithqal Pasha Al-Fayez, daughter of the paramount Sheikh of the Bani Sakher. She...
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remarked: Gold was at a high price in Egypt until they came in that year. The mithqal did not go below 25 dirhams and was generally above, but from that time...
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the region. The most common measure for gold within the realm was the mithqal (4.5 grams of gold). This term was used interchangeably with dinar, though...
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visit: Gold was at a high price in Egypt until they came in that year. The mithqal did not go below 25 dirhams and was generally above, but from that time...
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on hearing this, Mithqal asked if William would like to enter Islam and William agreed, with him repeating the Shahada after Mithqal shortly after. Adventures...
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(696–697 CE) by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. The weight of the dinar is 1 mithqal (4.25 grams or 0.137 troy ounces). The word dinar comes from the Latin...
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the man in Iran in 1966, from 3 kg to 53 kg. The man was divided into mithqals (the number depending on the locality): larger subdivisions included the...
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