1997 Syria

1000 Pounds Banknote

P111 UNC

In the Middle of the Banknote you can see The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus. This located in the old city of Damascus mosque is one of the largest and oldest in the world. The mosque is also important in Islam because of its historical and eschatological reports and events associated with the mosque.

To the right from it there is a portrait of Hafez al-Assa (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) who was a Syrian politician who served as President of Syria from 1971 to 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 1971, as well as regional secretary of the regional command of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and secretary general of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party from 1970 to 2000.