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Ch. 15: The Turkey I & II Diamonds, Gems in the Turkish Regalia

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XV.
THE TURKEY I. AND II.
Gems in the Turkish Regalia—Abdul Aziz and his Creditor —An Incident of Turkish Trouble—A Reign of Terror.
|HERE are two large diamonds in the Turkish Regalia of which little or nothing is known beyond the fact of their existence. We have named them as above. The first weighs 147, and the second 84 carats, The heaviest of the two is said to have been " picked up on the sands by a boy." One can hardly imagine a more vague description of discovery. We have made considerable efforts to obtain fuller information in regard to the antecedents and present character and appearance of these two gems, but so far without success. A gentleman holding an official position in the East undertook to assist us. He wrote to us as follows from Galata on July 19, 1881.
" In reply to yours of 11th inst., I beg to say that I shall endeavour to get the information you seek ; but as the Turkish fast, the Ramazan, is now coming on, it is quite useless to attempt anything till after Bairam, that is in five weeks. I shall then apply, through the Embassy, for a firman to inspect the
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