A monetary unit of Yemen equal to one-twentieth of a dinar, used historically in Arabian commerce.
From Arabic 'buqsha', possibly derived from Turkish 'boksça' (a share or portion), reflecting Levantine trade networks and Ottoman monetary influence in Yemen during medieval and early modern periods.
The buqsha reveals how monetary systems ripple across empires—this tiny Yemeni unit echoes Ottoman Turkish naming, showing how trade routes literally embedded themselves in how people counted their coins.
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