- Kuruş (/kəˈruːʃ/ kə-ROOSH;
Turkish pronunciation: [kuˈɾuʃ]), also gurush, ersh, gersh, grush, grosha, and grosi, are all
names for
currency denominations...
-
equivalent to the
Ottoman 20 kuruş coin and was
consequently divided into 20
qirsh. However,
although the
Hejaz riyal was the same
weight as the
Ottoman 20...
- the
currency of Lebanon. It was
formerly divided into 100
piastres (or
qirsh in Arabic) but,
because of high
inflation during the
Lebanese Civil War...
- has been the
currency of
Jordan since 1950. The
dinar is
divided into 100
qirsh (also
called piastres) or 1000 fulus. Fils are
effectively obsolete; however...
- of the
Kingdom of
Hejaz between 1916 and 1925. It was
subdivided into 20
qirsh (Arabic: قرش). The
riyal was a
silver coin the same
weight as the Ottoman...
- is the
official currency of Egypt. It is
divided into 100 piastres, or
qirsh (قرش [ʔerʃ];
plural قروش [ʔʊˈruːʃ]; abbreviation: PT (short for "piastre...
-
Central Bank of Syria. The
pound is
nominally divided into 100
piastres (قرش
qirsh,
plural قروش qurūsh in Arabic,
abbreviated to p.),
although piastre coins...
- century,
billon coins in
denominations of 1 akçe, 1, 5, 10 and 20 para, and 1
qirsh were in circulation,
along with gold
coins denominated as ¼, ½, 1, 2 and...
- halalas.
Between 1960 and 1963, the
riyal was
worth 20
qirsh, and
before that, it was
worth 22
qirsh. The
Yemen Arab
Republic introduced the
coinage system...
- of Quraysh, with one
theory holding that it was the
diminutive form of
qirsh (shark). The Arab
genealogist Hisham ibn al-Kalbi ****erted that
there was...
