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Description: | Nasr-ed-din (1829-1896), Shah of Persia, was the son of Shah Mohammed and a princess of the Kajar family. He was made governor of Azerbaijan in preference to his older brothers, leading to vigorous disputes. He remained neutral during the Crimean War and in 1857 signed a peace treaty at Paris, allowing him to remain friendly to Great Britain and Russia. In 1866 the shah authorized the passage of the telegraph to India through his dominions and reminted his currency in the European fashion. In 1873 he visited England as part of a tour of Europe. He was met at Dover by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Arthur and traveled by train to London where he was escorted to Buckingham Palace by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge. He then attended a reception in his honor at the Guildhall, sponsored by the Corporation of the City of London, which this medal commemorates. Nasr-ed-Din was assassinated at Teheran in 1896 and was succeeded by his son Muzaffar-ed-din.
Medal, to commemorate the visit of Nasr-ed-din the Shah of Persia to London | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | Sandwell Museums | Subjects: | Medals | Temporal: | 20th June 1873
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Alfred Benjamin Wyon | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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