Currency of Iran: 50 Rials banknote 1965 Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Banknotes of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi era
Second issue of the Central bank - 1 9 6 2 / 1 9 6 5
Bank Markazi Iran - Central Bank of Iran
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Obverse: Portrait of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi wearing air force uniform at right. Emperor of Iran - Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (26 October 1919, Tehran – 27 July 1980, Cairo); Persian floral designs. script: Bank Markazi Iran (Central Bank of Iran), Panjaah Rial (Fifty Rials). Dark green on orange and blue underprint.
Signatures: Right: Minister of wealth; Jamshid Amouzegar; Left: The general director: Amir-Abbas Hoveyda. Date: '1344' (1965)
Reverse: Kouhrang Dam and Kooh Rang Tunnel near Chelgerd city, in Farsan county.
Watermark: Young Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in profile.
Printer: Harrison & Sons, London.
Dimensions: 144 x 71 mm.
Kooh Rang Tunnel near Chelgerd in Farsan: This tunnel is situated near Chelgerd city.
The said tunnel was constructed so as to annex the waters of Koohrang to that of the Zayandeh Rood. It is said that construction of the tunnel began during the Sassanide period and approximately from the time of Shah Abbas I. At that time they planned to make a vertical crevice right at the vertical axis of Karkonan Mountain and by means of a dam which crosses the same axis, to increase the water level in Karoon River, thus leading the water through the crevice made in the mountain.
The difference in distance from the peak to the river bed was measured 300 m. The height of the dam was 50 m. and the height of the crevice 250 m. so as to allow a water flow. For this aim fifteen years of construction work took place and even now a days many effects have been left which include: Shah Cut (Tarasheh). It is said that for this much of cut which was made at the time of Shah Abbas approximately 5 million workers were required and for 15 years these workers labored at excavating free of charge.
After Shah Abbas passed away, this construction activity was stopped and forgotten. In recent decades the new tunnel of Koohrang was constructed joining the 3 water branches of the Karoon River to 3 water branches of Zayandeh Rood.
Kouhrang 1 Dam
The Kouhrang 1 Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Kouhrang River about 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of Chelgard in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. The primary purpose of the dam is to divert up to 320,000,000 m3 (260,000 acre·ft) of water annually via the 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long Kouhrang 1 Tunnel to the Zayandeh River to the east where it would help supply cities like Isfahan with water. Since the era of Shah Abbas I, attempts had been made to diver the Kouhrang to the Zayandeh. Eventually, efforts by Alexander Gibb between 1948 and 1954 led to the completion of the Kouhrang 1 Dam and Tunnel.