 | Edmund Burke - History - 1851 - 886 pages
...triumph to Khorassan, and which have been variously estimated as worth from 80 to 00 millions sterling, the Koh-i-noor was the most precious trophy : but...acquired. When the Persian conqueror was assassinated by his subjects, his Affghan 94 CHRONICLE. 95 guard fought their way to their own frontiers, though... | |
 | English literature - 1850 - 542 pages
...which have been variously estimated as worth from 30,000,000/. to 90,000,000/. sterling, the Koh-iNur was the most precious trophy, but it was destined...supremacy in virtue of which it had been acquired. Nadir Shah had entertained in his service a body of Affghans, of the Abdallee tribe, under the leadership... | |
 | Literature - 1850 - 640 pages
...Khorassan, and which have been variously estimated as worth from thirty to ninety millions sterling, the Koh-i-noor was the most precious trophy : but...supremacy in virtue of which it had been acquired. Nadir Shah had entertained in his sen-ice a body of Affghans of the Abdalle tribe, under the leadership... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1850 - 818 pages
...Nadir Shah, in 1739. Among the spoils of conquest which the Persian warrior carried back with him, the Koh-i-noor was the most precious trophy ; but...acquired. When the Persian conqueror was assassinated by his subjects, Ahmed Shah carried off the famous diamond. " At the beginning of the present century... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1850 - 526 pages
...which have been variously estimated as worth from 30,000,000/. to 90,000,000/. sterling, the Koh-iKtlr was the most precious trophy, but it was destined...that ephemeral supremacy in virtue of which it had beten acquired. Nadir Shah had entertained in his service a body of Affghans, of the Abdallee tribe,... | |
 | English essays - 1850 - 806 pages
...carried back with him, the Koh-i-noor was the most precious trophy ; but it was destined to pass front Persia as quickly as that ephemeral supremacy in virtue...acquired. When the Persian conqueror was assassinated by his subjects, Ahmed Shah carried off the famous diamond. "At the beginning of the present century... | |
 | Books - 1851 - 884 pages
...triumph to Khorassan, and which have been variously estimated as worth from 30 to 90 millions sterling, the Koh-i-noor was the most precious trophy : but...acquired. When the Persian conqueror was assassinated by his subjects, his Aftghau CHRONICLE. guard fought their way to their own frontiers, though only... | |
 | History - 1851 - 878 pages
...triumph to Khorassan, and which have been variously estimated as worth from 30 to 90 millions sterling, the Koh-i-noor was the most precious trophy : but...acquired. When the Persian conqueror was assassinated by his subjects, his Aflghau guard fought their way to their own frontiers, though only 4000 strong,... | |
 | Robert Sears - China - 1852 - 628 pages
...peacock throne, this inestimable gem was safely preserved at Delhi until the invasion of Nadir" Shah. Among the spoils of conquest which the Persian warrior...his return to Herat carried with him the treasure in hi* possession, including this diamond. It seemed as if the Koh-i-noor carried with it the sovereignty... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1850 - 216 pages
...Khorassan, and which have been variously estimated as worth from thirty to ninety millions sterling, the Koh-i-noor was the most precious trophy, but it...supremacy in virtue of which it had been acquired. Nadir Shah had entertained in his service a body of Aftghans of the Abdalle tribe, under the leadership... | |
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Delhi, until, in 1739, the empire received its fatal blow from the invasion of Nadir Shah. Among the spoils of conquest which the Persian warrior carried back with him in triumph to Khorassan, and which have been variously estimated as worth from... 
