| The Gold Dinar remained the official Islamic | | | | ancestors had been familiar with both kind of |
| currency until the collapse of the Ottoman Empire | | | | money. |
| in 1924, when it disappeared for 77 years. | | | | In Ying Yai Sheng Lan book, written by Ma Huan, |
| Indonesia as a country with highest muslim | | | | the office clerk and translator of Admiral Cheng |
| population in the world must have a big history | | | | Ho, during his visiting to North Sumatera |
| about Islam economic. And it's actually right. | | | | (1405-1433), said that Samudera Pasai used Dinar |
| Islamic currency had ever been exist in Indonesia. | | | | with 70% gold, and Keueh made from tin (1 Dinar |
| Nowadays most of Indonesian people do not | | | | = 1600 Keuehs). As we know, Cheng Ho was a |
| know that Dinar and Dirham were ever made and | | | | voyager. He was born around 1371 in China's |
| applied in Indonesia as a legal money more than | | | | southwestern Yunan Province (just north of Laos) |
| 600 years ago. Since the 14th centuries, the | | | | with the name Ma Ho. |