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South Arabian / South Yemeni dinar
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
9 ancestors1 descendantEstablished connections in this atlas
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Predecessor1700–1794
Mughal rupee–dam accountingQualified · Intervening stages openLater contribution1818–1835
Madras pagoda–fanam accountingQualified · Later contributionLater contribution1793–1802
Patna Sanwat / Azeemabadee rupee accountDocumented · Later contributionPredecessor1835–1838
Calcutta sicca rupeeDocumentedLater contribution1955
Hyderabad Osmania / Hali sicca rupeeDocumented · Later contributionMultiple connectionsINR
Indian rupee2 connections · Includes qualified linksLater contribution1922
German East African rupee–pesa accountingQualified · Later contributionPredecessor1922
Kenya and Uganda florinDocumentedPredecessor1965
East African shillingDocumentedThis currency
South Arabian / South Yemeni dinarDates, conversion terms and evidence 10 connections
Indian rupee Kenya and Uganda florin
1920Documented1 Kenya and Uganda florin = 1 INRFlorins per former local rupee for covered contract references; not a universal cash withdrawal.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Kenya and Uganda florin East African shilling
1922Documented2 East African shilling = 1 Kenya and Uganda florinShillings per florin; covered obligations and surviving cash valued under principal order as amended.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Calcutta sicca rupee Indian rupee
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Hyderabad Osmania / Hali sicca rupee Indian rupee
1955DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗East African shilling South Arabian / South Yemeni dinar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Patna Sanwat / Azeemabadee rupee account Calcutta sicca rupee
1793–1802DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mughal rupee–dam accounting Calcutta sicca rupee
Evidence period: 1700–1794QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Madras pagoda–fanam accounting Indian rupee
Evidence period: 1818–1835QualifiedLater contribution or absorptionA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Indian rupee German East African rupee–pesa accounting
Evidence period: 1890–1904QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German East African rupee–pesa accounting East African shilling
1922QualifiedLater contribution or absorption
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South Arabian / South Yemeni dinarLater absorptionYER
Yemeni rial1990–1996DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
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South Arabian / South Yemeni dinarLater absorption1990–1996
Yemeni rialDocumented · Later contributionDates, conversion terms and evidence 1 connection
South Arabian / South Yemeni dinar Yemeni rial
1990–1996DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
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