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15 Khumsiyyah - Saleh 'Ubayd bin 'Abdāt
| Issuer | Al-Ghurfah |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Value | 15 Khumsiyyah (1/8) |
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| Obverse lettering | الغرفه ١٢٩ عبدات ١٣٤٤ سنة (Translation: Ghurfa (Name of the State) 129 (Anagram for Saleh- Name of the Ruler) 'Abdāt (Name of the Ruler) year 1344) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Al-Ghurfah was a merchants' cooperative based in the Hadhramaut valley of southern Arabia, issuing token coinage to facilitate local trade in a region where Ottoman and later colonial currencies circulated erratically. The 15 Khumsiyyah denomination places this piece within a fractional system tied to the Maria Theresa Thaler, which dominated Arabian Peninsula commerce well into the twentieth century. Saleh 'Ubayd bin 'Abdāt, named on the issue, was among the merchant families whose private authority over local exchange rivaled any official monetary institution in the region.