Change to Islamic calender on these Maldives notes [solved]

These notes from the Maldives are dated in the Gregorian/Julian calender, but the Islamic calender feature on them and should take precedence over the Gregorian calender.

N#206359

N#215812

N#223333

N#223328

N#223329

N#346363

N#223331

N#213296

N#223335

N#223338

N#223339

N#223343

N#214616

This note need a change, in its last year line, where the Gregorian date is put in, but handled as an Islamic date.

N#202605

Thanks in advance! :D

Currently the main official calendar of the Maldives is the Gregorian calendar with the year counted in the Christian era.

Idolenz

Currently the main official calendar of the Maldives is the Gregorian calendar with the year counted in the Christian era.

Sooo… All the notes not mentioned and all the coins, should be changed to the Gregorian calender..?

The Hijri calendar seems to be still official too, so I guess your change request is valid nevertheless.

Seems like oil dollars reverted to change.

From 1962 until about 1983 only the Gregorian calendar and the Christian year were used for official purposes. Under pressure from brotherly Arabs with petrodollars, lip-service is now paid to the Islamic lunar calendar of the Hegira (Islamic) era. A complete restoration of the lunar calendar was deemed impractical because of the clumsiness and unpredictability of the Islamic calendar. With the current arrangement, brotherly Arabs are kept happy and at the same time sanity of chronology prevails. The current regime that conceived this duplicitous solution must be credited for its pragmatism in this instance.

There needs to be some way to indicate the months in both dates on the Maldivian notes - but I can't read Arabic at all, apart from the numerals.

Aidan.

Jamtrup

These notes from the Maldives are dated in the Gregorian/Julian calender, but the Islamic calender feature on them and should take precedence over the Gregorian calender.

 

N#206359

N#215812

N#223333

N#223328

N#223329

N#346363

N#223331

N#213296

N#223335

N#223338

N#223339

N#223343

N#214616

 

This note need a change, in its last year line, where the Gregorian date is put in, but handled as an Islamic date.

N#202605

 

Thanks in advance! :D

@vladthiengo ,here is why we should use both A.D. & A.H. dates for the Maldivian notes dated from 1983 onwards.

The notes between 1947 & 1980 are exclusively indicated in the Arabic numbering system.

Aidan.

Thanks for mentioning, Aidan! Just to find other records, I went straight to the issues of Moroccan coins. =)

Best, Vladimir.

Jamtrup

Idolenz

Currently the main official calendar of the Maldives is the Gregorian calendar with the year counted in the Christian era.

Sooo… All the notes not mentioned and all the coins, should be changed to the Gregorian calender..?

@Jamtrup , both dates are indicated on the coins of the Maldives from 1960 onwards - therefore, both calendars should be used - with the A.H. date first & the A.D. date second.

Aidan.