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Granadan dirham–dinar / pesante reckoning: research record

Evidence coverage: 1326–1497. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Granadan dirham–dinar / pesante reckoning

CUR-V31-GRANADA-DIRHAM-ACCOUNT · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1326–1497; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

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Earlier account evidence

An Algeciras act dated 7 January 1326 prices half a mill and orchard at 370 current Granadan silver dinars, payable in monthly instalments; a related lease requires six dinars monthly.

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Earlier account evidence

A debt register converts an older 60-pesante liability into 20 new pesantes, evidencing obligation continuity across the monetary reform.

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Earlier account evidence

Ferreira and Poqueira tax collections remained recorded in pesantes, dineros and foluces.

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Unit-of-account identity review

Purchase and rental obligations establish account use.

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Unit-of-account identity review

The silver account dinar equals 10 dirhams; the nominal gold dinar at customary silver exchange equals 75. These interchangeable scales differ from actual gold coins with fluctuating prices.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1326supported

An Algeciras act dated 7 January 1326 prices half a mill and orchard at 370 current Granadan silver dinars, payable in monthly instalments; a related lease requires six dinars monthly.

C1916
1494–1497supported

A debt register converts an older 60-pesante liability into 20 new pesantes, evidencing obligation continuity across the monetary reform.

C1917
1496supported

Ferreira and Poqueira tax collections remained recorded in pesantes, dineros and foluces.

C1918
Evidence & research notes 6 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C1916

An Algeciras act dated 7 January 1326 prices half a mill and orchard at 370 current Granadan silver dinars, payable in monthly instalments; a related lease requires six dinars monthly.

Alejandro García Sanjuán · Una fetua del siglo XIV sobre un pleito sucedido en Algeciras, Almoraima20 (1998),9–16 Citation S1008 · Open source ↗

García Sanjuán pp14–15; corpus record001

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Miguel Jiménez Puertas · La moneda nazarí en los documentos árabes granadinos (siglos XIV y XV): corpus de referencias monetarias (Granada,2024) Citation S1010 · Open source ↗

García Sanjuán pp14–15; corpus record001

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1917

A debt register converts an older 60-pesante liability into 20 new pesantes, evidencing obligation continuity across the monetary reform.

Miguel Jiménez Puertas · Sobre el sistema monetario nazarí y su reforma en tiempos de Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī (1464–1485), Al-Qanṭara46(1),823 (2025), DOI10.3989/alqantara.2025.823 Citation S1009 · Open source ↗

p11 section3.2.2 note82: Ladero Quesada, De nuevo sobre los judíos,p302,no38

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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1918

Ferreira and Poqueira tax collections remained recorded in pesantes, dineros and foluces.

Miguel Jiménez Puertas · Sobre el sistema monetario nazarí y su reforma en tiempos de Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī (1464–1485), Al-Qanṭara46(1),823 (2025), DOI10.3989/alqantara.2025.823 Citation S1009 · Open source ↗

p12 note88: Rubio Prats, Rentas mudéjares,pp119,124

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1951

Purchase and rental obligations establish account use.

Alejandro García Sanjuán · Una fetua del siglo XIV sobre un pleito sucedido en Algeciras, Almoraima20 (1998),9–16 Citation S1008 · Open source ↗

See scoped account observations.

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Miguel Jiménez Puertas · La moneda nazarí en los documentos árabes granadinos (siglos XIV y XV): corpus de referencias monetarias (Granada,2024) Citation S1010 · Open source ↗

See scoped account observations.

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Miguel Jiménez Puertas · Sobre el sistema monetario nazarí y su reforma en tiempos de Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī (1464–1485), Al-Qanṭara46(1),823 (2025), DOI10.3989/alqantara.2025.823 Citation S1009 · Open source ↗

See scoped account observations.

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1952

The silver account dinar equals 10 dirhams; the nominal gold dinar at customary silver exchange equals 75. These interchangeable scales differ from actual gold coins with fluctuating prices.

Miguel Jiménez Puertas · Sobre el sistema monetario nazarí y su reforma en tiempos de Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī (1464–1485), Al-Qanṭara46(1),823 (2025), DOI10.3989/alqantara.2025.823 Citation S1009 · Open source ↗

pp2–4 section2

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1957

1492 is not assigned as a currency ending date; later accounting remains attested.

Alejandro García Sanjuán · Una fetua del siglo XIV sobre un pleito sucedido en Algeciras, Almoraima20 (1998),9–16 Citation S1008 · Open source ↗

García Sanjuán pp13–15; Jiménez Puertas2025 section2

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Miguel Jiménez Puertas · Sobre el sistema monetario nazarí y su reforma en tiempos de Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī (1464–1485), Al-Qanṭara46(1),823 (2025), DOI10.3989/alqantara.2025.823 Citation S1009 · Open source ↗

García Sanjuán pp13–15; Jiménez Puertas2025 section2

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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