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Hawala

informal value transfer system which follows Islamic traditions
Product payment_system Q1123811
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Hawala

Summary

Hawala is a payment system[1]. Hawala ranks in the top 3% of payment_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,007 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hawala's instance of is recorded as payment system[3].
  • Hawala's instance of is recorded as money transfer[4].
  • Hawala's instance of is recorded as honor system[5].
  • Hawala is a type of financial product[6].
  • Hawala's facet of is recorded as International payments[7].

Why It Matters

Hawala ranks in the top 3% of payment_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,007 views/month).[2] Hawala has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] Hawala is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Hawala. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hawala
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hawala_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Hawala}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hawala}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → payment system, money transfer, honor system
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → financial product
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007549312405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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