The Braganza, the Matan, the Nizam, the Koh-i-Noor — the great diamonds one by one, with the thefts, sieges, sales and swindles that carried each of them across the world.

The Abbas Mirza

2 pages in this part of The Great Diamonds of the World.

The Abbas Mirza

Pieces of the "Great Mogul"--Dr, Beke and the "Koh-i-Nur"--Evidence against his theory, and that of Professor Tennant--Complete…

The Abbas Mirza: Koh-i-Nur

At the meeting of the British Association in 1852, Section B., Chemical Science, Professor Tennant, as reported in the Athenaeum of Sept…

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