Actually for example 1959 in Arabic the modern way to say it is "A thousand and nine hundred and fifty nine - الف وتسعمائة وتسعة وخمسون" but we also can say (and this is the old way) "Nine and fifty and nine hundred and a thousand - خمس ﻮ تسعون ﻮ تسع مئة وألف" which from tight to left.