Iran 100 Rials banknote 1932 Reza Shah Pahlavi

First series of 100 Rials banknote of Reza Shah era

Iranian paper money 100 Rials

Banknotes of Iran: First series of 100 Rials banknote of Reza Shah Pahlavi era 1932 - AH1311, Bank Melli Iran - National Bank of Iran.

Obverse: Portrait of Reza Shah Pahlavi wearing a Pahlavi hat (full face) at right, all the scripts on the obverse are in Farsi. Panoramic view of Hall of the Hundred Columns or the Throne Room of Xerxes at Persepolis.
Reverse: Imperial Emblem of Iran during Pahlavi Dynasty (Lion and Sun with the Kiani Crown) in ornamental circle, the value in figures 100 at each of the four corners.
Banknotes of this issue were signed by Dr. Kurt Linden Blatt & Dr. Ali Alamir.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.

Iran Banknotes

Bank Melli Iran - National Bank of Iran - Banque Mellié Iran

 "Shah Reza Facing Front" SH1311 - 1932 Issue

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Hall of a Hundred Columns at Persepolis

Next to the Apadana, second largest building of the Terrace and the final edifices, is the Throne Hall or the Imperial Army's hall of honour (also called the "Hundred-Columns Palace). This 70x70 square metre hall was started by Xerxes and completed by his son Artaxerxes I by the end of the fifth century BC. Its eight stone doorways are decorated on the south and north with reliefs of throne scenes and on the east and west with scenes depicting the king in combat with monsters. Two colossal stone bulls flank the northern portico. The head of one of the bulls now resides in the Oriental Institute in Chicago.

In the beginning of Xerxes's reign, the Throne Hall was used mainly for receptions for military commanders and representatives of all the subject nations of the empire. Later the Throne Hall served as an imperial museum.