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Ch. 3: Nizam Diamond, Hyderabad & the Indian Mutiny

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III.
THE NIZAM.
History, Past "and Present—Suggestive Contrasts—What a Jewel might have Seen—Supposed Value of the "Nizam Diamond" —Its Shape and Appearance—The Stone is Broken during the Indian Mutiny—Strange Powers Supposed to Belong to the Gem—Possibilities in the History of the Nizam.
 
 

 
 
HERE are few great secrets kept from the ken of the modern historian, who writes down the events of the time for the newspaper Press. A precious stone of more than usual importance sees the light today, and tomorrow its advent is proclaimed to all the world. Thereafter due chronicles are kept of its travels and adventures. Its comings and goings are noted as matter of universal interest. We may not be informed of the varied intrigues in which it is a factor, but it is on record, it is catalogued in the world's museum of treasures ; the " bull's-eye of the Press" has been turned upon it ; the opinions of Queens and Emperors in regard to it are registered, as well as the judgment of experts and scientists; in short it belongs to history.
In singularcontrast to all this are the hazy accounts which have come down to us concerning the first ap­pearance, and the subsequent vicissitudes of the great
 
 

 
     
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