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Iranian rial: research record

Evidence coverage: 1931–1932. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Iranian rial

IRR · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Current currency in the inherited endpoint register.
Dated observations: 1931–1932; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Iranian Rial — endpoint research dossierFTM000739 · C565
Monetary history 1 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

April 1932: first Bank-e Melli rial notesBanknote issue

The scholarly account dates Bank-e Melli's first rial-denominated notes to April 1932 and connects the rial unit to the 1931 currency law.

C565
Evidence & research notes 2 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C565

The scholarly account dates Bank-e Melli's first rial-denominated notes to April 1932 and connects the rial unit to the 1931 currency law.

Encyclopaedia Iranica · ESKENĀS Citation S299 · Open source ↗

Bank-e Melli section, first note series

Supported C1116

The currency law and 1932 rial notes replaced the official qerān–toman reckoning. Qerān-denominated obligations establish an account unit, not merely a coin type.

Encyclopaedia Iranica · ESKENĀS Citation S299 · Open source ↗

Bank-e Melli section, first note series

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