Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 116
t passed to his successors, the rajahs ofMalwa, and latterly to the sultans of Delhi, whenMalwa fell into their possession. Its later histor>is given by Mr. Hunt as follows:—Nadir Shah, CELEBRATED DIAMONDS. 95 on his occupation of Delhi in 1739, compelled Mo-hammed Shah, the great-grandson of… … Fig. 40.—The Koh-i-noor before re-cutting. nificent diamonds. According to the family andpopular tradition Mohammed Shah wore the Koh-i-noor in front of his turban at his interview withhis conqueror, who insisted in exchanging turbansin proof of his regard. However this might havebeen, we need have…
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