Date Systems: Iran

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Iranian coins use the Solar Hijri calendar, which starts on March 20 or 21. Therefore, a Solar Hijri (SH) year contains roughly the last three quarters of a Gregorian year and the first quarter of the next. From 1976 - 1978, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi changed the country to an "imperial" calendar, based on the birth of Cyrus rather than the flight of Muhammad.

Step 1

Iranian dates are read from left to right and use the Persian variant of Eastern Arabic numerals. Using the table below, locate a sequence of 4 numerals.

Step 2

Using the number from Step 1, determine the date system used from the table below.