KOHINOOR : Story of the World's Most Infamous Diamond
Dalrymple, William
KOHINOOR : Story of the World's Most Infamous Diamond - 1 - New Delhi Juggernaut Books 2016/01/01 - 239
"The Koh-i-noor is the world's most famous diamond, but it has always had a fog of mystery around it. Now, using previously untranslated Sanskrit, Persian and Urdu sources, and the discoveries of modern gemologists to reconstruct its original form, William Dalrymple and Anita Ananad blow away the legends to reveal its true history--stranger, and more violent, than any fiction."--From dust jacket.
Introduction
Part 1: The Jewel in the Throne
1.The Indian Prehistory of the Koh-i-Noor
2.The Mughals and the Koh-i-Noor
3.Nader Shah: The Koh-i-Noor Goes to Iran
4.The Durranis : : The Koh-i-Noor in Afghanistan
5.Ranjit Singh : The Koh-i-Noor in Lahore
Part 2 : The Jewel in the Crown
6.City of Ash
7.The Boy King
8.Passage to England
9.The Great Exhibition
10.The First Cut
11.Queen Victoria's Loyal Subject'
12.The Jewel and the Crown
13.
9789386228086
Purchased Mathrubhumi Books,Kochi
Gems
Diamonds
Crown jewels
Kohinoor (Diamond)
553.82 / DAL/KO
KOHINOOR : Story of the World's Most Infamous Diamond - 1 - New Delhi Juggernaut Books 2016/01/01 - 239
"The Koh-i-noor is the world's most famous diamond, but it has always had a fog of mystery around it. Now, using previously untranslated Sanskrit, Persian and Urdu sources, and the discoveries of modern gemologists to reconstruct its original form, William Dalrymple and Anita Ananad blow away the legends to reveal its true history--stranger, and more violent, than any fiction."--From dust jacket.
Introduction
Part 1: The Jewel in the Throne
1.The Indian Prehistory of the Koh-i-Noor
2.The Mughals and the Koh-i-Noor
3.Nader Shah: The Koh-i-Noor Goes to Iran
4.The Durranis : : The Koh-i-Noor in Afghanistan
5.Ranjit Singh : The Koh-i-Noor in Lahore
Part 2 : The Jewel in the Crown
6.City of Ash
7.The Boy King
8.Passage to England
9.The Great Exhibition
10.The First Cut
11.Queen Victoria's Loyal Subject'
12.The Jewel and the Crown
13.
9789386228086
Purchased Mathrubhumi Books,Kochi
Gems
Diamonds
Crown jewels
Kohinoor (Diamond)
553.82 / DAL/KO