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Ch. 3: Famous Diamonds

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CELEBRATED DIAMONDS.                   95
on his occupation of Delhi in 1739, compelled Mo­hammed Shah, the great-grandson of Aurengzebe, to give up to him everything of value that the im­perial treasury possessed; and his biographer and secretary signifies a peshkash or present by Mo­hammed Shah to his conqueror of several mag-
nificent diamonds. According to the family and popular tradition Mohammed Shah wore the Koh-i-noor in front of his turban at his interview with his conqueror, who insisted in exchanging turbans in proof of his regard. However this might have been, we need have little doubt that the great dia-
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