He even visited the Atabeg at his residence, where he was received with the utmost magnificence, and each day the Atabeg sent 1,000 dinarsfor the expenses of his table.
For the sheikh Jemal-ed-deen Ghili, who dwelt at Casveen, he testified on all occasions the utmost reverence, and sent him annually 500 dinars to defray the expenses of his household.
So she rejoiced and, taking with her a thousand dinars in gold, went out and visited the elders of the various faiths and gave alms in Ghanim's name.
But take these hundred dinars and give them to the singer and bring him to me gently, and do him no hurt.
Some time ago our lord the Sultan gave his father ten thousand dinars wherewith to buy him a handsome slave-girl, and he bought this maiden who pleased him; so he grudged her to our lord the Sultan and gave her to his own son.
By Allah, wert thou to offer me two hundred dinars for the bit of camlet she weareth, I would not sell it to thee.
Then she robed him in a sumptuous dress and gave him dinars in plenty, saying, "Be lavish of largesse to the Caliph's household as thou goest in to him.
Four thousand five hundreddinars to open the door of sale.
He opened it and drawing out the pieces of stuff, sold them for him at a profit of two dinars on every dinar of prime cost.
Then he put hand in pouch and, taking out three of thedinars which Sanjar had given him, said, "O fisherman, excuse me.
Go and offer four thousand dinars for me and the five hundred shall be for thyself.
So the Caliph laughed at them and ordered them a thousand dinars each, and they went away, rejoicing at the largesse.
Tis well," answered the Caliph and restored her to her master and gave her five thousand dinars for herself.
So he restored her to him and gave her five thousand dinars for herself and made him one of his boon-companions.
I bought him for twenty dinars and asked 'What is his name?
The father of this horseman had violently despoiled of a thousand dinars the father of the second horseman; so I gave the son possession of his sire's money.
Now when the Prophet saw this, he said, "O Lord, one man hath taken a thousand dinars and another man hath been slain unjustly.
Now when the carousal was at an end, Al-Amin commanded one of his servants to fill the boat, wherein Ja'afar had come, with dirhams anddinars and all manner of jewels and jacinths and rich raiment and goods galore.
So the merchant brought out a thousand dinars and the prince covered them with other thousand.
The dealer stood at her head and one of the merchants said, "I bid a thousand dinarsfor her.
Meanwhile, I traded with the money and sold and bought and made other thousand dinars profit [on it].
Moreover, he bade his treasurer give him a thousanddinars and said to him, "O youth, take this in part of that which thou deserves!
When his father saw the strength of his determination to travel, he fell in with his wishes and equipped him with five thousand dinars in cash and the like in merchandise and sent with him two serving-men.
As a guide through this land they have a dog which has already made the journey several times, and it is so highly prized that they pay as much as a thousand dinars [gold pieces] for one.
Were Sandford and Merton really so unadaptable that they couldn't bring their consciences to pay 20 dinars for an article which, in normal times should only have cost 12?
We flew at her and bought it for thirty dinars (18s.
He fought in eight battles, and on his death eight milliondinars and eighty thousand dirhems were discovered in his private treasury.
I ransomed my bedfellow so no one could wipe his hands on her bosom; a thousand dinars it cost me, too.
The King of Montenegro kept the dinars and paid his officers in paper money.
For three hours Tajsić had railed against the secret fund, the 30 million dinars that were every year at the disposal of the Foreign Office.
Later on he sold such enormous quantities of dinars on the Paris Bourse that the Serbian Minister, Mr. Vesnić, had to protest.
Quoth the sharper, 'It is such a purse, with the thousand dinars therein.
One night she plied them with drink and they drank [till they became intoxicated]; whereupon she arose and took her clothes and five hundred dinarsfrom the captain; after which she fetched a razor and shaved all their chins.
Then she ordered her an hundred dresses of brocade and an hundred thousand dinars and passed the cup to Queen Wekhimeh.
Amongst them was a suit worth ten thousand dinars and a tray full of jewels worth a great sum of money.
Then he opened his bales and displayed their contents to Taj el Mulouk, piece by piece, till he came to a mantle of satin brocaded with gold, worth two thousand dinars from which, when he opened it, there fell a piece of linen.
But take these hundred dinars and give them to him and do him no hurt, but bring him to me gently.
FN#28] Quoth the merchant, "I will give thee fifty thousand dinars for her.
She asked him of his case, and he told her what was to do; so she gave him fifty thousand dinars and bade him farewell, offering up prayers for his safety and for his union with his beloved.
At this the princess was glad and gave her a thousand dinars and a dress worth as much more, with which she returned to her own house, where she passed the night.
By Allah, wert thou to offer me two hundred dinars for the piece of camel-cloth on her head, I would not sell it to thee!
If he refuse, give him this purse of a thousand dinars and leave him and return to me and tell me, after thou hast informed thyself of his place and condition and what countryman he is.
His son Mahadi, in a single pilgrimage to Mecca, expended six millions ofdinars of gold.
Moreover, he hath sent him fifty thousand dinars with a parcel of clothes, a robe of sables, a she mule for riding and a basin and ewer of gold.
So he betook himself to a certain friend of his and acquainted him with his necessities; and he lent him five hundred dinars to trade withal.
On the morrow, she gave me a second kerchief, with other fifty dinars therein, and I took it and going home, buried this also.
Then they went away; and presently there came to him a woman, who sought of him certain of the jewels, worth five hundred dinars which she bought and paid him three thousand for them.
Whereupon I brought out the hundred thousand dinars I had by me and gave it to them, thanking them for their kindness; and they pouched the monies and went their way, under cover of the night so that none might know of them.
Saith he who telleth the tale), Then Sindbad the Seaman bade give Sindbad the Landsman an hundred golden dinars as of wont and called for food.
O folk, I bought of this merchant a veil for fifty dinars and gave it to my slave girl, who wore it awhile, then sat down to fumigate it with perfume.
Inshallah, may Maghribis come to me every day, and I will pinion them and push them in and they shall die; and I will content me with an hundred dinars for each dead man.
Then he bade give Mardas, to his daughter's dowry, thirty thousand dinars and an hundred pieces of silk-brocaded and fringed with gold and an hundred pieces of silk bordered stuffs and kerchiefs and golden collars.
Now it came to pass one night, the merchant brought home great store of dinars and began to turn them over.
Thou hast no strength to take the dinars and to transport them out of this house, nor have I force sufficient to do this; I the contrary, I could not carry a single ducat of them; so what hast thou to do with them?
Then she took out of her breast-pocket a purse of dinars and gave this message, 'My lady saluteth thee and saith to thee, 'Take this and provide therewith what the case requireth.
Meanwhile the mouse came out and fell to carrying the dinars into her hole, till she left not a single one; and when day dawned the merchant began to suspect the folk and fancy all manner of fancies.
FN#576] So I raised him between my hands and came upon a purse of two hundred dinars set under his head; and I took the gold and carried it off together with the child.
An thou act on this wise and my success be from thy hand, I will give thee five hundred dinars besides the three hundred.
As soon as he had done with his devotions he arose and gazed around to see who had thrown him that bag of money, but he could find nobody; so he took it up and opened it, when an hundred dinars met his sight.
Then he fared homeward, rejoicing, for that she was a damsel worth ten thousand dinars and adorned with jewels and apparel of great value, and love for her had fallen on his heart.
But before long, my eldest brother sold his stock for a thousand dinarsand bought goods and merchandise and setting out on his travels, was absent a whole year.
They were content and I gave them each a thousand dinars and kept the like myself.
Here are the two dinars I had of you: take them and admit me to your company, not as a guest, but as a servant.
I had made ready a repast; so we ate and drank and lay together, as before, till the morning, when she gave me other ten dinars and appointed me again for three days thence.
After a month's voyage, we came to a city, in which we sold our goods at a profit of ten dinars on every one (of prime cost).
He opened it and taking out the stuffs, sold them for him at a profit of two dinars on every one of prime cost.
Thy father was charmed and cried out to the servant, saying, "Give him a hundred and three dinars and a dress of honour.
Then he put his hand to his pouch and taking out three of the dinars that Senjer had given him, said, 'O fisherman, excuse me.
Now our lord the Sultan aforetime gave his father ten thousand dinars to buy him a handsome slave-girl, and he bought therewith this damsel, who pleased him, so that he grudged her to our lord the Sultan and gave her to his own son.
Then he threw thedinars to the Khalif, who took them and kissed them and put them up.
The following week she took other thousand dinars and going to the market of the goldsmiths and jewellers, called the syndic and gave him the money, saying, 'Bestow this in alms on strangers.
Our slave Rihan brought it to me four days ago and would not let me have it, till I gave him two dinars for it.
The boy looked him in the face and said: "I have forty golden dinars sewed up in my coat.
There abode with him of his wealth about a score of dinars and he used to beg alms of the folk, and that which they gave him he would gather together and lay to the dinars that were left him.
And Nuzhet el Fuad said to her, "O my aunt, I was with my lady but now and she gave me a hundred dinars and a piece of silk; and now see my condition and that which hath befallen me!
Then the idiot stood within earshot] and muttered to himself and said, 'In the pot are threescore dinars and I have with me other score in such a place and to-day I will unite the whole in the pot.
So, when all that was in my hand was spent, I wrought this trick, so I might get of thee the hundred dinars and the piece of silk; and all this is an alms from our lord.
So they wept over him exceeding sore and left him beside the spring, wrapped in the gown of brocade: then they laid at his head a thousand dinars in a bag and mounting their horses, departed, fleeing.
So she arose and he laid before her the hundred dinars and the piece of silk, whereat she rejoiced, and they added the gold to the gold and the silk to the silk and sat talking and laughing at one another.
She will mourn for me and weep and bid her treasuress give thee a hundred dinars and a piece of silk and will say to thee, 'Go lay him out and carry him forth [to burial].
He will mourn for thee and say to his treasurer, 'Give Aboulhusn a hundreddinars and a piece of silk.
Hand over the thousand dinars and quit thine oath and the conjuration by which thou sworest.
But now make haste to give me the thousand dinars and quit thee of thine oath.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dinars" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
