IRAN, Qajars. Nasir al-Din Shah, AH 1264-1313 / AD 1848-1896. Medal (Gold, 20 mm, 0.81 g, 3 h), Pilgrimage medal to the tomb of ʿAli ibn Musa al-Rida, the 8th Shiʿa imam, in Mashhad. Mashhad, AH 1310 = AD 1892/3. Within a circle, ‘ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā’ (‘ʿAli son of Musa, al-Rida’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Allāh Muḥammad’ followed by the names of the twelve Shiʿa imams; all within a dotted circle. Rev. Within a circle, ‘zarb-e Mashhad-e moqaddas 1310’ (‘Struck in Holy Mashhad, 1310’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Allāh Muḥammad’ followed by the names of the twelve Shiʿa imams; all within a dotted circle. Somewhat clipped and holed, otherwise, about extremely fine.