Idrisid dirham
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The Idrisid dirham ({{langx|ar|الدرهم الإدريسي}}) was a silver coin minted under the Idrisid dynasty in Morocco and the western Maghreb.{{Cite web|title=Discover Islamic Art - Virtual Museum - object_ISL_ma_Mus01_F_2_en|url=http://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;ma;Mus01_F;2;en|website=islamicart.museumwnf.org|access-date=2020-05-22}}
Name
The word "dirham" ({{Lang|ar|درهم}}) comes from drachma (δραχμή), the Greek coin.Oxford English Dictionary, 1st edition, [http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/53338 s.v. 'dirhem'] "Dirham" is also the name of the currency in use in Morocco today. Idris I was the founder of the Idrisid dynasty.{{Cite book|last1=Touri|first1=‘Abdelaziz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FTbdBAAAQBAJ |title=Andalusian Morocco: A Discovery in Living Art|last2=Benaboud|first2=Mhammad|last3=Boujibar|first3=Naïma El-Khatib|last4=Lakhdar|first4=Kamal|last5=Mezzine|first5=Mohamed|date=2010|publisher=Museum With No Frontiers, MWNF (Museum Ohne Grenzen)|isbn=978-3-902782-09-0|language=ca}}
History
They were first struck under Idris I (788–791) in Tudgha and Volubilis.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KuF5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA269 |title=The Trans-Saharan Book Trade: Manuscript Culture, Arabic Literacy and Intellectual History in Muslim Africa|date=2010-12-07|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-19361-1|language=en}} Ultimately, they were minted at approximately 20 different workshops.{{Cite web|title=Qantara - The Idrisids (789- 974)|url=https://www.qantara-med.org/public/show_document.php?do_id=867&lang=en|website=www.qantara-med.org|access-date=2020-05-22}}
Description
Inscriptions on the coins indicate the dynasty's Zaidiyyah Shia alignment. They promoted the dynasty's lineage tracing back to Ali, which gave the dynasty legitimacy. The Iraqi Kufic script on these coins influenced the early development of Maghrebi script.{{Cite book|last=حجي، محمد.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/49744368|title=معلمة المغرب : قاموس مرتب على حروف الهجاء يحيط بالمعارف المتعلقة بمختلف الجوانب التاريخية والجغرافية والبشرية والحضارية للمغرب الاقصى : بيبليوغرافيا الاجزاء الاثني عشر المنشورة|date=2000|publisher=Maṭābiʻ Salā|isbn=|location=|page=3749|oclc=49744368}} The Kufic script on these coins is basic and unembellished, reflecting the economic status of the Idrisid state.