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The Koh-I-Nur

The Great Diamond of History and Romance"--Strange but True--Fact and Fable--An Extravagant Tradition--"One Long Romance of Five Centuries"--Tricks of Eastern Friendship--Exchanging Turbans--The Pitiful Story of Shah Rokh--A Factor of War and Murder, the Stone Carries a Curse--Built up in a Prison Wall--A Pathetic Incident--Eastern Reverence for Gems--The Supposed Talisman of Victory brings Defeat--Annexation of the Punjaub to the British Empire--Confiscation of the Crown Jewels of Lahore to the East India Company--The Greatest Gem of all Presented to the Queen--Its Character and Appearance--It is Re-cut on the Advice of the Prince Consort--The Koh-i-Nur at last a Token of Liberty and Peace.