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Naser al-Din was the first modern Persian monarch to visit Europe in 1873 and then again in 1878 , and finally in 1889 and was reportedly amazed with the technology he saw. During his visit to the United Kingdom in 1873, Naser al-Din Shah was appointed by Queen Victoria a Knight of the Order of the Garter, the highest English order of chivalry.
