Koh-i-noor
Subtitle: the history of the world's most infamous diamond
By: William Dalrymple, Anita Anand
Contributors: Anand, Anita, author
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781635570762
Subjects: History; Koh-i-noor (Diamond); Diamonds
Description: "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.
Notes: "First published in 2016 in India by Juggernaut Books, New Delhi"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-318) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: The jewel in the throne; title: The Indian prehistory of the Koh-i-Noor; title: The mughals and the Koh-i-Noor; title: Nader Shah: the Koh-i-Noor goes to Iran; title: the Durranis: the Koh-i-Noor in Afghanistan; title: Ranjit Singh: the Koh-i-Noor in Lahore; title: Part 2: The jewel in the crown; title: City of ash; title: The boy king; title: Passage to England; title: The Great Exhibition; title: The first cut; title: Queen Victoria's "Loyal subject"; title: The jewel and the crown; title: "We must take back the Koh-i-Noor."