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Cullinan Diamonds, here
Currie, Sir Frederick, here, here
da Orta, Garcia, here, here, here
dagger, sardonyx-hilted, here
Dagmar necklace, here
Dalhousie, Lady, here, here
Dalhousie, Lord, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here Anglo-Sikh Wars, here, here, here, here
and Duleep Singh’s conversion, here
and Koh-i-Noor’s passage to England, here, here
Dara Shukoh, here
Darya-i-Noor, here, here, here, here
Datar Kaur, here
DelhiAhmad Shah’s conquest, here
Nader Shah’s conquest, here
Delhi Gazette, here
Dhian Singh, Raja, here, here, here, here
diamondsancient, here
‘brilliant cut’, here
demythologising of, here
and diplomacy, here
favoured over rubies, here, here
in literature, here
magical qualities, here
mythology of, here
rising price of, here
use as abrasives, here
Disraeli, Benjamin, here, here
Doms, here
Duleep Singh, Maharaja, here, here, here, here conversion to Christianity, here, here, here
death en route to India, here
and Elveden Hall, here
and loss of Koh-i-Noor, here
marriage, here
prisoner of British, here, here, here
resides in England, here, here, here, here
reunited with mother, here, here
signs surrender treaty, here, here, here, here
surrenders Koh-i-Noor to queen, here, here, here, here, here
Durrani Empire, here, here, here
Dutch East India Company, here
East India Company, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and invasion of Afghanistan, here, here
and Koh-i-Noor’s pasage to England, here, here, here
losses at Chillianwala, here
and ownership of Koh-i-Noor, here, here, here, here
and Ranjit Singh’s death, here
see also Anglo-Mysore War; Anglo-Sikh Wars
Eden, Emily, here, here
Edward VII, King, here, here, here
Edward VIII, King, here
Edward, Prince of Wales (‘Bertie’), see Edward VII, King
Edwardes, Lieutenant Herbert, here
Egypt, ancient, here
Elgin Marbles, here
Elizabeth II, Queen, here, here
Elizabeth, Queen, the Queen Mother, here, here, here
Elliot, Sir Henry, here
Elphinstone, Mountstuart, here, here
Elveden Hall, Duleep Singh and, here
Era, here, here
Faiz, Faiz Ahmad, here
Fakhraj Ruby, see Timur Ruby
Farrukh Siyyar, Emperor, here
Fategarh Hill Fort, here, here, here
Feder, Herman, here
Ferdowsi, here
Ferozepur, manoeuvres at, here
Ferozeshah, Battle of, here
Fraser, James Baillie, here
Fraser, William, here
Gardner, Alexander, here
Garrard’s, here, here, here, here
Garuda Purana, here
Gauhar Shad college, here
George V, King, here
George VI, King, here
Ghoree dynasty, here
Ghulam Hussain Khan, here
Gilani, Sa’ida-ye, here
Goa, here, here
Gobindgarh treasury, here
Golconda, here, here
Gowramma of Coorg, Princess, here
Granth Sahib, here, here
Great Exhibition, here, here, here
Great Game, here, here
Great Mughal Diamond, here, here, here, here
Great Table Diamond, here
Guddan, Rani, here
Hardinge, Sir Henry, here, here, here
Harris, General George, here
Hart, Alan, here
Hartington, Lord, here
Hatleberg, John Nels, here
Henri III, King of France, here
Herat, Persian siege of, here
Hiriart, Augustin, here
HMS Medea, here, here
Hobhouse, Sir John, here, here
Holi celebrations, here
Honigberger, John Martin, here, here, here
Hügel, Baron, here
Humayun, Emperor, here, here, here
Hyder Ali. Sultan, here
Ibrahim Lodhi, Sultan, here
Illustrated London News, here
Ishar Singh, here
I’tmad ud-Daula, here
Jacquemont, Victor, here
Jaffrey, Jawaid Iqbal, here
Jagannath, temple of, here, here, here, here, here
Jahangir, Emperor, here, here
Jamal, Mihtar, here
Jamal-ud-Din Husain, Mir, here
Jambava (King of the Bears), here
Jauhar, here
Jawahar Singh, here, here
Jindan, Rani, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Jung, Ibrahim Fath, here
Jung Bahadur, here
kaleidoscope, invention of, here
Kandahar, siege of, here
Karim, Abdul, here
Kavi-priya (Poet’s Delight), here
Kerman, capture of, here
Keshavdas (poet), here
Khan Singh, Sardar, here
Kharak Singh, Maharaja, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Khazain al-Futuh, here
Khur Shah, here
Khurram, Prince, see Shah Jahan, Emperor
Khushal Singh, Jamdar, here
Khusrau, Amir, here
Khyber Pass, here, here, here, here, here, here
Kineyri, Battle of, here
Kishore, Jugal, here
Koh-i-Noorarrival in England, here
becomes associated with good luck, here
and Coronation Crown, here
and death of Ranjit Singh, here, here
demands for its return, here
and destruction of Peacock Throne, here
displayed at Great Exhibition, here
estimated worth, here, here, here
and exchange of turbans, here, here
guarded by Login, here
irregular profile, here
Metcalfe’s history, here, here
name, here, here, here
passage to England, here
in possession of Durranis, here, here, here, here, here, here
in possession of Ranjit Singh, here, here, here, here
reconstruction of original form, here
re-cutting, here, here, here
reduction in size, here, here, here
seized by British, here, here
and Sikh kingdom, here, here
Kollur mines, here
Krishna, here, here, here, here
Kumar, Ranjit, here, here
Kundavai, Queen, here
Kurnal, Battle of, here
ladybirds, plague of, here
Lahore toshakhana, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Lahori, Ahmad Shah, here
Lal Singh, here
Lawrence, Sir Henry, here, here, here, here, here
Lawrence, John, here, here
Leopold, King of the Belgians, here
Leopold, Prince, here
light, polarisation of, here
Lloyd’s Weekly, here
Lockyer, Captain William, here
Lodhi dynasty, here
Login, John Spencer, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Login, Lena, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Louis XIV, King of France, here
Louis XVI, King of France, here
Machiavelli, Niccolò, here
Mackeson, Colonel J., her
e, here
Mahmud of Ghazni, here
Makraj, Misr, here
Maldev, Raja, here
Manrique, Friar, here
Mansell, Charles G., here, here
Manucci, Niccolao, here, here, here, here
Maratha Confederacy, defeat of, here
Marvi, Muhammad Kazim, here, here
Mary, Queen, here
Maudslay Sons and Field, here
Mauran (dancing girl), here
Mehtab, Rani, here
Melbourne, Lord, here
Metcalfe, Theo, here, here, here, here
Mining Journal, here
Mir (poet), here
Mir Jumla, here, here
Mirza Ulugh Beg, here
Modi, Narendra, here, here
Mohammud Shah, here
Monserrate, Father Antonio, here
Morning Post, here
Mornington, Lord, here
Mughal dynasty, here, here, here, here conquest of Deccan, here
decadence and decline, here
establishment of, here
jewellery workshops, here
love of the arts, here
miniature ateliers, here, here
Nader Shah’s conquest of, here
receives large uncut diamond, here
and Western jewellers, here
Muhammad Quli Khan, here
Muhammad Shah, Emperor, here, here, here, here, here
Muhammad Timur, Prince, here
Mukhlis, Anand Ram, here, here, here
Mulgrave Castle, here
Müller, Bamba, here
Mulraj, Diwan, here, here, here, here
Multan, British conquest of, here, here
Mumtaz Mahal, here, here
Mutton, Peter, here
Nader Shah, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here Ahmad Shah Durrani and, here
assassinated, here
conquest of Delhi, here
descent into madness, here
removes Peacock Throne, here, here
Nanak, Guru, here
Napoleon Bonaparte, here, here, here, here, here, here
Napoleon III, Emperor, here, here
Nasir Khan, here
Nasrullah, prince, here
Nau Nihal Singh, Maharaja, here, here
Nau Roz (New Year), here, here, here
Nayar, Kuldip, here
Nidha Mal, here
Nizam Shah of Ahmadnagar, here
Nizam ul-Mulk, here, here, here
Normanby, Lady, here
Nur Bai, here, here
Ochterlony, Sir David, here
Opium Wars, here
Orissa, demands return of Koh-i-Noor, here
Orlov, Count, here
Orlov Diamond, here, here, here
Osborne, Captain William, here
Osborne House, here
Ottoman Empire, here, here, here
Padshahnama, here
Paharganj grain merchants, here
Panipat, Battle of (1526), here
Panipat, Battle of (1761), here, here
Pashaura Singh Kanwar, here
Pate, Robert Francis, here
Peacock Throne, here, here, here, here, here destruction and looting of, here
and Nader Shah’s conquest, here, here, here
wooden replica, here
Peel, Sir Robert, here, here
Phipps, Sir Charles, here
Pliny, here, here
Polo, Marco, here
Porus, King, here
Potemkin, Prince, here
prisoners, executions of, here
Puri, Purn, here
Qizilbash, here
Quran, here, here
Raj Banso, Rani, here
Rajaraja, Emperor, here
Rajputs, here
Ram, Bhai Gobind, here
Ramsay, Captain James, here, here
Ramsay, James Andrew Broun, see Dalhouse, Lord
Ranjit Singh, Maharaja, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and fate of Koh-i-Noor, here, here, here, here
his funeral, here, here
and Honigberger’s appointment, here
and Koh-i-Noor’s arrival in England, here, here
sons by Mehtab and Jindan, here, here
and surrender of Koh-i-Noor, here
ratnashastras, here
Reza Qoli, here
Roe, Sir Thomas, here, here
Rohtas fortress, here
Rome, Augustan, here
Rosetta Stone, here
Roshan ud-Daula mosque, here
Sa’adat Khan, here, here, here
Sadashiva Rao, here
Salah Khan, here
Samarkand, here
Samarqandi, Abdur Razzaq, here
Samugarh, here
Sandhanwalia, Ajit Singh, here
Sandhanwalia, Lena Singh, here
Sanskrit literature, here
Satadhanva, Prince, here
sati, here, here
Satrajit, King of Dwarka, here
Satyabhama, Princess, here
sculpture, Indian, here
Seringapatam, Battle of, here
shafaq (light of dusk), here
Shah ‘Abbas, here
Shah Jahan, Emperor (Prince Khurram), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Shah Jahan Nama, here, here
Shah Mahmoud, here, here
Shah Rukh (grandson of Nader Shah), here
Shah Rukh (of Herat), here, here
Shah Shuja, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Shah Tahmasp, Emperor, here
Shah Wully Khan, here
Shah Zaman, here, here
Shahnama, here, here
Shepherd, John, here
Sher Singh, Maharaja, here, here, here, here
Sher Surkh shrine, here
Shinwaris, here
Sikh Khalsa, here, here, here
Sikh kingdomBritish conquest of, here
defeats Durranis, here, here, here, here, here
and Koh-i-Noor, here, here, here
see also Anglo-Sikh Wars
Simpson, Wallis, here
Singh, Bhumika, here
Singh, Jaswant, here
Singh, Manmohan, here
Siraj ul-Tawarikh, here, here, here
Sirhind shrine, here, here
Sobaron, Battle of, here
Solomon, King, here
spectacle lenses, here
Standard, here
Strauss, Johann, here
Sudarshan Chakra, here
Surya, here
Syamantaka gem, here, here, here, here, here
Syed brothers, here
Syed dynasty, here
Taj Mahal, here
Taliban, here, here
Tara Singh, here
Tavernier, Jean Baptiste, here, here, here
Tej Singh, General, here, here
Tennant, James, here
Terry, Edward, here
tiger, mechanical, here
Times, The, here
Timur Ruby (Fakhraj Ruby), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Timur Shah Durrani, here
Tipu Sultan, here
Tirukkailaya-nana-ula, here
Tower of London, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Treaty of Lahore, here, here, here
Tughluq dynasty, here
Tukht Nadery, here
Tukht Taoussee, see Peacock Throne
Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, here
Umdat ul-Tawarikh, here
UNESCO, here
van Leypsigh, Mattheus, here
Vans Agnew, Patrick, here, here
Vaz, Keith, here
Victoria, Queen, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here coronation necklace, here
death, here
and Duleep Singh, here, here, here, here, here
and Great Exhibition, here, here
p
resented with Koh-i-Noor, here, here, here, here
and Prince Albert’s death, here, here
visits France, here
wears Koh-i-Noor, here, here, here
Vijayanagara, here, here, here
Vishnu Purana, here
Voorzanger, Levi Benjamin, here
Wa’fa Begum, here, here
Wade, Captain C.M., here
Waterloo, Battle of, here, here
Wellesley, Richard, Lord, here, here
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, here, here, here
Winterhalter, Franz Xaver, here, here
A Note on the Authors
William Dalrymple wrote the highly acclaimed bestseller In Xanadu when he was just twenty-two. Since then, he has had seven more books published and has won numerous awards for his writing, including the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award, the Duff Cooper Memorial Award, the Hemingway Prize and the Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage. He lives with his wife and three children on a farm outside Delhi.
Anita Anand has been a radio and television journalist for over twenty years. On BBC television she has presented, among other shows, Daily Politics, The Heaven and Earth Show and Newsnight. She is currently the presenter of Any Answers on BBC Radio 4. Her first book, Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary, received widespread acclaim. She lives in London with her husband and two children.
Plate Section
Dancing celestial divinity, Chandela, Uttar Pradesh, 12th century.
In many ancient Indian courts, jewellery rather than clothing was the principal form of adornment and a visible sign of court hierarchy, with strict rules being laid down to establish which rank of courtier could wear which gem in which setting.
Krishna being given the Syamantaka gem by King Shatrajit. From a Bhagavad Purana manuscript, Rajasthan, c. 1520-40.
Sleeping King Shatrajit, the father-in-law of Krishna, is murdered by Prince Satadhanva in order to steal the Syamantaka. From a Bhagavad Purana manuscript, Rajasthan, c. 1520-40.
Babur with Humayun and courtiers.
From the Late Shah Jahan Album, 1640.
Akbar holding a sarpech.
From the Late Shah Jahan Album, 1640.
Prince Salim holding a jewelled mirror.
By Bichitr, c. 1630.
Jahangir with Asaf Khan.
From the Late Shah Jahan Album, 1640.
Portait of Shah Jahan as a prince, holding a turban ornament.