The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-05
JEWELS OWNED ~ THE SHAH.
Enormous in Quantity, ana some Of
Them Enormous In Size.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
The jewels Of the late Shah are the
greatest sight in their way that the world
can show, and are worth several millions.
The Kaianian crown is shaped like a now-
er pot with the small end open and the
other closed, having at the top an uncut
tiawless ruby as big as a hens egg Two
Persian lambskin caps are adorned with
splendid aigrettes of diamonds, and there
ara gauntlets and belts innumerable COW
cred with pearls and diamonds, the hand
soonest being the the Kaianian belt, about
a loot deep weighing eighteen pounds, one
uaZIlng mass OF diamonds pearls, emer-
aids, and rubies. Drinking bowls studded
with jewels; swords, one or two of which
are worth a quarter of million EACH
epdulettes Of diamonds, ana armlets 30
cOntrived that the briliants revolve and
Keep up an Overchanging sclntillatiOn
seems to realize the wonders revealed by
Aliadln lamp IN the cave. There are
dresses embroidered thickly with Jewels;
trays Of pearl, ruby, and emerald necklace
and hundreds Of diamond. ruby, and tur-
quoise rings.
The first place among tho gems belongs
to the famous Darya-i-Nur, or Sea of Light
sister diamond to our Punjab trophy, Kun
i-Nur II is an inch and a half long, an inch
broad, and three-eighths of an inch thick
The inscription of Faith All Shah's name
on one side reduced the value Of the stone
ne9lcul9bly. AS Yahya Khan said: 'Deux
mlllons! mais, deuE millions de QuOi-de
francs, de piastres, que sais-je?" II is not
very brilliant, but it has a wondrous his
tory. The Persians say that the Sea of
Light ana the mountain Of Light were
jewels In the sword of Afrasiab who liv-
ed 3,U0O years b. G. RuStcm look them
from Afrasiab, and they continued in the
crown OF Persia till they were carried
away by Tlmur, from whom they descend
ca to Muhammad Shah King of Delhi
ana were brought by Nadiar from India
carried off the Kuh-i-Nur, which des-
cended to Shah Shuja, and was taken
from him by Ranjit Singh; but the Darya-
i-Nur remained in Persia.
Among the rings is one in which is set
the famous Pitt diamond, sent by George
~ TO Faith. Ali Shah. Sir II. Sutherland
used 10 tell the story of the acceptance
or this gift. A Persian nobleman had been
sent from Teheran to Sir u. Jones to
stop him from going there, the French
influence being all-poWerful at that time
| Sir Hartford Jones argued in vain with the
Persian Khan, who remained unimpress-
ed; and finally he said, "Well, if 1t must
| be so, | win return to my country and
| give up the hope of making my counte-
| nance while in the presence Of the shah
| But this must return with me-" ana he
| drew the ring from his Waistcoast pocket
Inc khan was GREATNESS with pleased
surprise Tor a moment, then shouted.
stop, stop! Elchi; may your conde>
| scending Kindness increase! This alters
the matter. l will dispatch a message to
the MISUNDERSTANDING threshold Of the
Asylum of the World. / swear by your
! head you viii be received with all honor
MaShallah. 1t is not every one that has
| diamonds like the Inglis."
The result was that Sir Hartford entered
| Teheran by one gate as Gen Gardanns
made nasty and FASTENED exit by the
other. Another enormous diamond is the
Taj-i-Huma, or Diadem Of the Phoenix.
as big as the top of a mans thumb. There
are sapphires as big as marbles, and many
rubies and pearls the size of nuts, and
more than a hundred eneralds from half
an inch square to an inch and irregular
ters long and an inch broad. Besides the
inches long, there is another of unique
beauty perfect in color, three-quarters OF
an inch long, and three-eighths Of an inch
broad
In the sword scabbard, which is COW
cred with diamonds, there is not a single
stone smaller than the nail Of a mans
little finger Lastly there is an emerald
the size Of a walnut, covered with the
name of kings who have possessed il.