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This page describes the practice. There is deliberately no automated reading for it — see the notes below.
Background
The Abjad numerals assign numerical values to the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet and were used in the Arabic-speaking world before positional Arabic numerals were adopted in the 8th century.
How it works
Letter values (alif = 1, rising through the tens and hundreds to 1000) are added to give a word or name a number, which can then be used in chronograms or esoteric interpretation.
At a glance
- Also called
- Abjad, Hisab al-jummal, حساب الجمل
- Traditions
- Arabic, Persian, Islamic world
- Regions
- Middle East & Persia, South Asia, Africa
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- Price
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