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 Shah

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

The Shah

Engraved Diamonds--A Barbarous Subterfuge--Sadek Khan Bricked Up in a Dungeon--An Incident of the Desert--"A Blaze of Jewels"--Oriental…

The Shah: Fat'hh

Yet Fat'hh Ali, in spite of his inhuman punishment of Sadek, was not naturally cruel. Many instances are, indeed, related of his kindly and…

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