Watch List notes:

Egypt , Mohamed/Muhammad (Mehmet) Ali Pasha (1769-1805-1849), The Overland Route to India, Copper Medal, 1842, by A J Stothard (London), bust three-quarters left with flowing beard and wearing fez, rev FROM THE COMMITTEE THE FRIEND OF SCIENCE COMMERCE & ORDER WHO PROTECTED THE SUBJECTS AND PROPERTY OF ADVERSE POWERS AND KEPT OPEN THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDIA , 58mm diameter (Pudd 842.2 ; Fearon 696). Extremely fine or better. Mahmoud Ali Pasha, Governor [Vali] of Misir (elected 1805), Sudan (which he conquered 1822-1823) Filistin, Suriye, Hicaz, Mora, Tasoz and Girit. Later he occupied Syria 1831-1840. He is buried in the Alabaster Mosque in the Citadel in Cairo, the same Citadel where he massacred the Mamluks in 1811. Very RARE iconic Islamic medal (from; The Alexandria Collection)