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The Afghan rupee was the currency of Afghanistan between the mid-18th century and early 20th century. [2] [1] It was subdivided into 60 paisa, each of 10 dinar.Other denominations issued included the shahi of 5 paisa, the sanar of 10 paisa, the abbasi of 20 paisa, the qiran of 1 ⁄ 2 rupee and the tilla and later the amani, both of Rs. 10/-.
The afghani was introduced in 1923 but is still informally referred to as a rupee by some in conversation and transactions, [8] a legacy of its predecessing Afghan rupee currency. [9] Its current exchange rate is around 65 afghanis for 1 United States dollar. [10] [11] [12]
Until the 1920s, the currency of Afghanistan was the Afghan rupee, which was subdivided into paisa. In 1923, the rupee was replaced by afghani as its official currency. [2] One afghani is subdivided into 100 puls. At the time of introduction, a pul coin was made of copper and weighed one gram. However, a 10 pul coin weighed 6 grams. [3]
A horse might cost as little as 100 rupees (then worth about 11 grams of silver) in Afghanistan, but could go for as much as 500 rupees in export markets. ... Afghan kings knew the importance of ...
Afghan afghani; Afghan pul; Afghan rupee This page was last edited on 1 April 2019, at 01:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Rupee. Afghan rupee – Afghanistan; Bhutanese rupee – Bhutan; Burmese rupee – Burma; Danish Indian rupee – Danish India; East African rupee – Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda; French Indian rupee – French India; Gulf rupee – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Empirates; Hyderabad rupee – Hyderabad; Indian rupee ...
Kalakani spent 60,000 Afghan rupees on the celebrations, and hoped he could use the occasion to try to win over the Afghan populace. Kalakani gave a speech on 19 August – the contents of the speech are unknown, but Fayz Muhammed remarked that Kalakani "stood there telling lie after lie about the way things really were."
Hundreds of Afghan college students living in India despite the expiry of their student visas staged a protest in New Delhi on Wednesday to urge the Indian government to extend their stay and ...