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The Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban was a French-controlled concessionary bank operating under the Mandate — a private institution with the exclusive right to issue currency across both Syria and Lebanon. By 1938, that arrangement was increasingly contested politically, and the Mandate itself was under pressure. Notes of this series were printed by the Banque de France in Paris, which supplied the technical infrastructure that the colonial administration lacked locally.

The P#13D designation marks a signature variety within a longer-running series rather than a distinct issue, making precise dating within the run difficult without examining the actual signatory combination. High-denomination notes from this issuer in the late Mandate period were not heavily used in everyday transactions and surviving examples often show light circulation.