| 词条 | Gulf rupee |
| 释义 |
The Gulf rupee (Arabic: روبيه or روبيه خليجيه), also known as the Persian Gulf rupee, was a currency used in the countries of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula between 1959 and 1966. It was issued by the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India and was equivalent to the Indian rupee. HistoryTo the middle of the 20th century, the Indian rupee was used as currency in the countries of the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula. Its popularity strained India's foreign reserves and so the Gulf rupee was created. It was introduced by the Indian government in 1959 as a replacement for the Indian rupee for circulation exclusively outside the country.[1] At the time, the Indian rupee was pegged to the British pound at a rate of 13⅓ rupees = 1 pound. After gaining independence from Britain in 1965, Bahrain replaced the Gulf rupee with the Bahraini dinar at the rate of 1 dinar = 10 rupees. Even today, in Bahrain, 100 fils (one tenth of a Bahraini dinar) are referred to in Arabic as a "rupee" or "rubiya" ({{lang-ar|ربية}}) in common parlance. Kuwait replaced the Gulf rupee with the Kuwaiti dinar in 1968 after gaining independence from Britain in 1961. On 6 June 1966, India devalued the rupee. Following this devaluation, several of the states using the rupee adopted their own currencies. Qatar and most of the Trucial States adopted the Qatar and Dubai riyal, while Abu Dhabi adopted the Bahraini dinar. Only Oman continued to use the Gulf rupee, until 1970, with the government backing the currency at its old peg to the pound. Oman replaced the Gulf rupee with its own rial in 1970. BanknotesNotes were issued in denominations of 1 rupee by the Indian government and 5, 10 and 100 rupees by the Reserve Bank of India. The notes were in designs very similar to the standard Indian notes but were printed in different colours. While the 1 rupee and 10 rupee notes were printed in red, the 5 rupee notes were printed in orange and the 100 rupee notes were printed in green. The serial numbers of the banknotes issued in all denominations were prefixed by a Z. References1. ^Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1 May 1959 External links{{Portal|Money}}
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