Currency history
Qatari riyal
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- QAR
- Ancestry branch
- Indian rupee
Its place in the family
All ancestors and descendants ↗Qatari riyal
This currencyChildren 0
No successor is established here.
Trace its ancestry backward
Qatari riyal
Qatar and Dubai riyal
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
Indian rupee
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
Calcutta sicca rupee
Mughal rupee–dam accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
The Qatar–Dubai riyal period ended with a separate Qatari issue in 1973; the issuer dates the authority's founding Law 7 to June 19, 1973. [1]
Turning points
Territorial currency separation
Qatar continued with a separate riyal at par after the joint issue ended. [2]
Sources and evidence
- Qatar Central Bank · History of Banknotes
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025
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“Qatari riyal.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-13; data version v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000302.html