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Dirham

दिरहम
said dir-ham
also written: daram, diram
Meaning

A silver coin and unit of currency in the classical Islamic world.

How Iqbal uses it

The silver coin, often paired with the gold dinar to denote money in general. A common token of worldly wealth in ethical and historical verse.

See it in the verse

Dirham in Iqbal’s couplets

Z-bahr-e-diram tund-o-badkhu mabash
Tu bayad ki bashi, diram go mabash
It is needful that you simply be — let the wealth go, never mind. Do not let gold and silver make you harsh and ill-natured.
Selfhood · Humility · Freedom
Related words
ARABIC

Dinaar

A gold coin and unit of currency in the classical Islamic world.

ARABIC

Sikka

A coin; also the die for stamping coins and, figuratively, sway or authority.

PERSIAN

Seem

Silver.

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