Iraqi Dinar Alert

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The front of the Iraqi Dinar 10,000-dinar note shows Abu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham (known as Alhazen to medieval scholars in the West), born Basrah in 965 A.D. His most important work - although he wrote some 200 books - is held to be a seven volume series on optics Kitab al-Manazir, in which he gives the first correct explanation of vision, showing that light is reflected from an object into the eye. He is said to have ‘invented’ the camera obscura. Also, an eminent physicist and mathematician he developed analytical geometry by establishing linkage between algebra and geometry. Alhazen’s work was translated into Latin, and greatly influenced European scientific thought.

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The front of the Iraqi Dinar 5,000-dinar note shows Gully Ali Beg and its 800m waterfall. The 10km gully passes between Mount Kork and Mount Nwathnin, some 60km away from Shaqlawa.

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The back of the Iraqi Dinar 5,000-dinar note shows the second century desert fortress of Al-Ukhether, Hejira.

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The front of the Iraqi Dinar 1,000-dinar note shows a gold dinar coin, used in this region until superseded by more modern coins and notes.

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The back of the Iraqi Dinar 1,000-dinar note shows Al-Mustansirya University, Baghdad. Built in the mid-thirteenth century it was the most prominent university in the Islamic world in the Middle Ages.