The Great Diamonds of the World

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 Moon of Mountains

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

The Moon of Mountains

"Diamond Cut Diamond"--Nadir Shah Murdered by his own Troops--Shafforass and the Afghan Soldier--The Curse of Wealth--A Terrible…

The Moon of Mountains: Afghan

The Afghan had meantime, made his way to Bagdad, where he fell in with a Jew, to whom he disposed of his treasure for 65,000 piastres, or…

The Moon of Mountains: Russia

Another version of the story is given by Barbot, who states that the "Moon of Mountains" fell into the hands of an Afghan chief, who sold…

The Moon of Mountains: Pallas

But Barbot's story is itself merely a re-hash of the account given by P. S. Pallas in his Travels through the Southern Provinces of the…

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