Where did this money come from?
Kuwaiti dinar
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
4 ancestors0 descendantsEstablished connections in this atlas
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DocumentedQualified
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Predecessor1700–1794
Mughal rupee–dam accountingQualified · Intervening stages openLater contribution1818–1835
Madras pagoda–fanam accountingQualified · Later contributionPredecessor1835–1838
Calcutta sicca rupeeDocumentedPredecessor1961
Indian rupeeDocumentedThis currencyKWD
Kuwaiti dinarDates, conversion terms and evidence 4 connections
Indian rupee Kuwaiti dinar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Calcutta sicca rupee Indian rupee
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mughal rupee–dam accounting Calcutta sicca rupee
Evidence period: 1700–1794QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Madras pagoda–fanam accounting Indian rupee
Evidence period: 1818–1835QualifiedLater contribution or absorptionA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.