Tunisia Banknotes 10 Dinars banknote 1994 Ibn Khaldun
Central Bank of Tunisia - Banque Centrale de Tunisie
Obverse: Profile portrait of historian, sociologist, philosopher Abd-Alrahman Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406 Anno Domini). House of Ibn Khaldun.
Reverse: Various themes representing agriculture and industry. The large "7" and an open book represents the coup d'etat of 7 November 1987 and introduction of Tunisian style Democracy and State of Rights. A depiction of the date Bel Ali took power, November 7, 1987, on the back. This imagery was a feature on all Ben Ali-era banknotes. Since the revolution, the 50, 20, 10 and 5 dinar bills have been replaced with new designs. The decision to remove the Ben Ali notes from circulation was made in February 2011, shortly after the autocrat was forced from office.
Watermark: Profile portrait of Abd-Alrahman Ibn Khaldun.
Date of Issue: 7-8 November 1994.
Dimensions: 145 x 72 mm.
Texts: Banque Centrale de Tunisie. Central Bank of Tunisia. Dix Dinars. Ten Dinars. 7 Novembre 1987. Ouverture. Democratie. Etat de Droit.
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Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldūn (Abū Zayd ‘Abdu r-Raḥmān bin Muḥammad bin Khaldūn Al-Ḥaḍrami; May 27, 1332 – March 19, 1406) was an Arab Muslim historiographer and historian, regarded to be the founding fathers of modern sociology, historiography, demography, and economics.
He is best known for his book, the Muqaddimah (literally the "Introduction", known as the Prolegomena in Greek). The book influenced 17th-century Ottoman historians like Ḥajjī Khalīfa and Mustafa Naima who used the theories in the book to analyze the growth and decline of the Ottoman Empire. 19th-century European scholars also acknowledged the significance of the book and considered Ibn Khaldun as one of the greatest philosophers of the Middle Ages.
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (born 3 September 1936) was the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987, and he assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba, who was declared incompetent. Ben Ali was subsequently reelected with enormous majorities, each time exceeding 90% of the vote; the final re-election was on 25 October 2009.
On 14 January 2011, following a month of protests against his rule, he was forced to flee to Saudi Arabia along with his wife Leïla Ben Ali and their three children. The interim Tunisian government asked for Interpol to issue an international arrest warrant, charging him for money laundering and drugs trafficking. A Tunisian court sentenced Ben Ali and his wife in absentia to 35 years in prison on 20 June 2011 on charges of theft and unlawful possession of cash and jewellery. In June 2012, a Tunisian court sentenced him in absentia to life imprisonment for inciting violence and murder and another life sentence by a military court on April 2013 for violent repression of protests in Sfax.