Currency of Iran: 200 Rials banknote 1951 Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Banknotes of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi era
Banknotes of the National Bank of Iran "Bank Melli Iran": Fourth & fifth issue - 1952 / 1954
Shah's portrait is seen in suit and tie, an appearance that never repeated again on the banknotes.
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Obverse: Portrait of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in civil suit in ornate frame at right. Persian floral designs. View of ruins at the palace of Persepolis at left. Relief of Persian nobleman (The eastern stairs of the Apadana Palace of Darius the Great at Persepolis) at center. Dark blue, light blue and brown.
Signatures: General director (right): Ali Asghar Naaser & Government's inspector (left): Nezaameddin Emaami.
Reverse: Si-o-seh pol, also known as the "Allahverdi Khan Bridge", Safavid era.
Watermark: Portrait of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in profile.
Printer: Harrison & Sons, London (without imprint).
Iran Banknotes
Banknotes of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi era
Banknotes of the National Bank of Iran "Bank Melli Iran": Fourth & fifth issue - 1952 / 1954
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Allahverdi Khan Bridge
Allahverdi Khan Bridge, popularly known as Si-o-seh pol, “The bridge of thirty-three spans” is one of the eleven bridges of Isfahan, Iran and the longest bridge on Zayandeh River with the total length of 297.76 metres (976.9 ft). It is highly ranked as being one of the most famous examples of Safavid bridge design.
It was constructed by the finance and the inspection of Allahverdi Khan Undiladze chancellor of Shah Abbas I, an ethnic Georgian, it consists of two rows of 33 arches from either sides, left and right. There is a larger base plank at the start of the bridge where the Zayandeh River flows under it, supporting a tea house which nowadays is abandoned due to the shortage of water and the river drought.