Unit of currency in several Arab and Islamic states.
1 Come back and take the rest of the price of thy dirhem . '
2 That is why I took the trouble to find the dirhem . '
3 He wearied himself to hunt for one dirhem when he had a sack full of them.
4 Quoth the tither, 'I give him a dirhem every month to the hire of his lodging.'
5 Whereupon, 'Yea, by Allah,' cried the cook, 'now thou mindest me of thyself and thy dirhem !
6 Being glad to secure any asylum, she accepted his offer of maintenance, and daily wages of half a dirhem .
7 When I entered, I fell down at full length and fainted, throwing the knife and the dirhem from my hand.
8 When the merchants heard this, they hung back and dared not bid another dirhem , knowing what they did of the Vizier's tyranny.
9 So she paid him a dirhem and he gave her medicines contrary to that ailment and such as would aggravate the patient's malady.
10 On the journey, a dirhem fell to the ground, and the fisherman, lowering his sack, began to search for the dirhem that had fallen.
11 I ceased not to lead this life, till one fine morning I found myself without a single dirhem and said, 'This is Satan's doing!'
12 I pressed him to take them, but could not prevail upon him; so I gave him the dirhem and the danic, and he went away.
13 How couldst thou put the bag off thy shoulder and stoop to pick up the one dirhem and grudge to leave it where it fell?'
14 So they fell out upon this and disputed with one another and each went saying to his fellow, 'I will not give thee a dirhem ! '
15 In this way, we have gotten much money, even twelve thousand dirhems .
16 My brother answered, he would be content with twenty dirhems of silver.
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