This
seems to establish the fact that the Koh-i-nur was not incorporated in
the imperial crown. It may possibly have been one of those magnificent
diamonds which he used so lavishly in the adornment of his renowned
peacock throne, the value of which amounted, according to his own
estimate, to the unheard-of figure of forty millions of dollars. Some
writers indeed go so far as to assert that the Koh-i-nur was one of the
eyes of that stupendous peacock, which was entirely composed of
precious stones, and whose out-spread tail overshadowed the throne of
the Moguls. According to them, too, the Orloff diamond was the other
eye. But this is clearly a mistake; we have already seen where the
Orloff came from — a thousand miles and more from Delhi.
It
seems most probable that the peerless stone was worn as a personal
ornament. There is extant an interesting contemporary print, which
represents Jehangir decked out with a profusion of large pearls, in
addition to which he wears
