Show A tille THE 1 NOOR idi iri t ri r i th this 9 has hi hitherto therlo been afat a fatal fatai al jewel may ay its recent re cutting have broken the spell lwe ite history is well authenticated at eyer ever every step this stone of fate seems never to have haye been lost sight kofl of from the days when ala ud deen took it from the rajahs bajars of centuries and a half ago to ta the it became a crown jewel of england i tradition carries back its existence in the memory of india to the year 57 BC and a still wilder legend would would fain recognize in it a diamond first discovered near in the bed of the davery Go five thousand years ago the koh i noor is reported by joy mo 10 baber er the thel founder of the mogul empire to have come into the delhi treasury from the conquest of maiwa maew in 1304 the tracei traces ethe the curses and the ultimate ruin inevitably brought upon its successive siva possessors by the genius of this fateful jewel ever since it was first wrested from the line of I j ditoh if wo we glance over its history 1 since 1304 its malevolent influence far fat excels that of the necklace for which eri Erl betrayed her husband ar or the egnus of greek and romant romani tradition 0 vl vigorous then the mighty MO mogul g u I 1 E lem JEm pire I 1 r e and with vastly accelerated ruin the e power of nadir of the dynasty and of the sikh ranjeet singh when it was I 1 in his possession was so convinced convince di of the truth of this ibis belief that being satisfied with tho the enjoyment of it durl duri dur i j ing b his is own lifetime ae he bought besought to breal break through the ordinance of fate and the consequent destruction of his family by bequeathing i the stone to the shrine of ju juggernaut gg ernaut for the good of his soul and the preservation of his dynasty hia hla successors would not give up the baleful treasure and the last maharajah Mah arajah is now a private gentleman in 1850 in the name of the east india company since in its turn defunct lord dalhousie i presented the koh i noor to queen victoria perhaps we should have been better without it such at least appears to be bid mr kings opinion the brahmins Brah mins will hardly relinquish their faith in the malignant powers possessed by this stane when they thes think of the speedily following war which annihilated the prestige of the british army and the fhe mutiny three years later which caused england englan 14 existence as a nation to hang for mont months is on the forbearance of one man T the id people saw the koh i noor lustreless lustre leas at the exhibition in 1851 then weighing carats carans its re cutting performed in 1862 1961 1 though executed with the utmost i 1 a I 1 kili hlll skill and ano perfection has deprived ther stone atall its historical historical and mineralogy ical interest As a specimen of a gigantic diamond whose native weight and form has been interfered with as littie little as possible for with hindmo lapidaries lapi daries the grand object is 13 the preservation of weight ht it ibb stood without a the he orloff in europe As it is in the place lace of the most ancient gem in the history of the world older even eten than the tables of the law and the breast clife of aaron supposing still to exist boget according to arking Mr King a bad shaded because too shallow modern od brilliant a mere ladys ladya bauble of but second rate water for it has a kray grayish ism isk tinge and besides inferior in weight to several being now reduced to one hundred and two carata and a half the operation o rebutting was performed in Londo london finder the eare care of the garrard the queens jewellers je wellers who erected for that purpose p a small mall s four fout horse steam en elginer giner on their premises aises it was conducted by boora Vo oranger nger 1 and another shill skillful ful fui work workman mad mah sent overby over by M coster from amsterdam in consequence of the advantage i ga gained la in using steam power the actual cut ting occupied no more than thirty eig elg eight lit working days a striking contrast to the two years necessary to cut the pitt diamond d by the old hand pro process cess bess in son io m elparis parts of the work as when itkis it was S necessary E sary to grind outa out outs a deep flaw the akeel made three thousand revolutions pre pie per minute |