The Umayyad gold dinar dates back to 723AD and was made from gold mined at a location owned by the Caliph - one of the successors to the Prophet Muhammad. It carries a number of Islamic ...

The militants currently brutalising parts of Iraq and Syria claim to have produced the gold dinar, with smaller denominations of silver dirhams and copper fulus, in a newly released propaganda video.

Isis is attempting to set its own exchange rates for one gold dinar at $139 (£88), a five dinar coin at $694 (£440), three silver dirhams ranging between $1 (64p) and $9 (6), and two copper ...

This gold dinar is a memento of that gesture. The dinar was struck around the same time that Caliph Al-Walid I ordered the expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. The project was seen as ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Malaysians are embracing gold dinars which were introduced last month by the northern state of Kelantan to promote usage of Islamic ...

The group says that one new dinar coin will be 21-carats, weigh 4.25 grams and be worth the equivalent of $139, as it will be made out of gold. "One state, built on faith, rises to face this evil ...

During the month of Ramadan, both residents and tourists are showing an increased interest in the recently launched Islamic gold dinar and silver dirham coins. Interest in Islamic gold dinar and ...

The Islamic State has released a video that heavily borrows footage from Hollywood war movies and introduces its newly minted currency: the gold dinar. The Islamic State has released a video that ...

The gold dinar is an Islamic medieval gold coin first issued in 699 AD by Caliph Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan. The weight of the dinar is 1 mithqal (3.64 grams). The word dinar comes from the Latin word ...

said Rory Naismith A "spectacular" 9th Century fake Arabic dinar discovered by a metal detectorist could have been made by a Viking, a university professor said. The gold coin was discovered near ...