THE SHAH'S JEWELS.
UNRIVALLED COLLECTION OF rniocious ntoxks.
Vienna, March 14.
A message from Teheran says thai a full inventory of the treasures left by the late Khali lias been made. The culled ion includes a number of unrivalled diamonds and i>lher atone-. Tin' old crown of tile l'ersian dynasty eoniains a ruby as big as a hen's egg. A belt studded with diamonds and worn only on great state occasions weigh lslhs. and is valued at sevenl hundred tliousand pounds.
A wonderful silver vase is decorated with a. hundred smaragds, one of which is so large that it was found possible to engrave on it the Shah's numerous titles.
A sword with diamond-covered scabhard is valued a! many thousands. A remarkable feature of the collection is a square block of amber of four hundred cubic inches said to have dropped .from the skies „t the time of Hall omet.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 11 May 1907, Page 4
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150THE SHAH'S JEWELS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 11 May 1907, Page 4
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