Indian Rupees

After the First World War, with diminishing Ottoman influence in the area, Islamic coins disappeared from the Gulf region. The Indian Rupee appeared on the financial scene due to the expansion of trade between the Emirates and India. The rupee, or rubiya as it was locally pronounced, was paid out instead of gold.

Image created by FIND Contributor Rym Tina Ghazal for her story “The Coins and Currency Detective.”