03840cam a22005418i 4500 kohinoorhistoryo0000dalr CaSfIA 20250727030502.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 170727r20172017nyuabfj ob 001 0 eng 2017036095 9781635570762 (hardcover) 163557076X (hardcover) (OCoLC)1392415468 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO ZCU PLS FEM FM0 SFR UtOrBLW CaSfIA pcc NK7663 .D35 2017 739.27 23 Dalrymple, William, author. Koh-i-noor : the history of the world's most infamous diamond / William Dalrymple, Anita Anand. First U.S. edition. New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2017. 1 online resource (vi, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map, genealogical table) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "First published in 2016 in India by Juggernaut Books, New Delhi"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-318) and index. Part 1: The jewel in the throne -- The Indian prehistory of the Koh-i-Noor -- The mughals and the Koh-i-Noor -- Nader Shah: the Koh-i-Noor goes to Iran -- the Durranis: the Koh-i-Noor in Afghanistan -- Ranjit Singh: the Koh-i-Noor in Lahore -- Part 2: The jewel in the crown -- City of ash -- The boy king -- Passage to England -- The Great Exhibition -- The first cut -- Queen Victoria's "Loyal subject" -- The jewel and the crown -- "We must take back the Koh-i-Noor." "The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, arguably the most celebrated jewel in the world....Using original eyewitness accounts and chronicles never before translated into English, Dalrymple and Anand trace the true history of the diamond and disperse the myths and fantastic tales that have long surrounded this awe-inspiring jewel. The resulting history of south and central Asia tells a true tale of greed, conquest, murder, torture, colonialism, and appropriation that shaped a continent and the Koh-i-Noor itself."--From dust jacket. Koh-i-noor (Diamond) History. Diamonds India History. India History. Anand, Anita, author. https://archive.org/details/kohinoorhistoryo0000dalr Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26928402M Additional information and access via Open Library kohinoorhistoryo0000dalr ark:/13960/s253n5881dj