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  2. Arabic numerals - Wikipedia

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    The ten Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) are the most commonly used symbols for writing numbers.The term often also implies a positional notation ...

  3. Eastern Arabic numerals - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Arabic numerals, also called Indo-Arabic numerals or Arabic-Indic numerals as known by Unicode, are the symbols used to represent numerical digits in conjunction with the Arabic alphabet in the countries of the Mashriq (the east of the Arab world), the Arabian Peninsula, and its variant in other countries that use the Persian numerals on the Iranian plateau and in Asia.

  4. Abjad numerals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    The Abjad numerals are a decimal numeral system in which the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet are assigned numerical values. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

  5. Hindu–Arabic numeral system - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu–Arabic system is designed for positional notation in a decimal system. In a more developed form, positional notation also uses a decimal marker (at first a mark over the ones digit but now more commonly a decimal point or a decimal comma which separates the ones place from the tenths place), and also a symbol for "these digits recur ad infinitum".

  6. Arabic script in Unicode - Wikipedia

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    In English, the common ampersand (&) developed from a ligature in which the handwritten Latin letters e and t (spelling et, Latin for and) were combined. [1] The rules governing ligature formation in Arabic can be quite complex, requiring special script-shaping technologies such as the Arabic Calligraphic Engine by Thomas Milo's DecoType.

  7. List of countries and territories where Arabic is an official ...

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    Along with the religion of Islam, the Arabic language, Arabic number system and Arab customs spread throughout the entire Arab caliphate. The caliphs of the Arab dynasty established the first schools inside the empire which taught Arabic language and Islamic studies for all pupils in all areas within the caliphate. The result was (in those ...

  8. Hijri year - Wikipedia

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    AH = 1.030684 × (CE − 621.5643) CE = 0.970229 × AH + 621.5643 or AH = (CE − 622) × 33 ÷ 32 CE = AH × 32 ÷ 33 + 622 Given that the Islamic New Year does not begin January 1 and that a Hijri calendar year is about 11 days shorter than a Gregorian calendar year, [13] [c] there is no direct correspondence between years of the two eras. A ...

  9. Ancient Arabic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 ⁄ 16 Arabic foot ~2.25 cm A finger-length Qabḍhah قبضة: 1 ⁄ 4 Arabic foot ~9 cm A palm-length Arabic foot قدم عربية ~32 cm Dhira ذراع: cubit: traditionally 2 Arabic feet, later 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 Arabic feet Cubit قامة: fathom: 6 Arabic feet ~1.92 m A pace-length Qaṣbah قصبة: 12 Arabic feet ~3.84 m A cane-length Seir ...