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Shah, a diamond weighing about 86 carats, with partly natural
crystal, octohedron faces and Persian inscriptions (3 shahs
the stone is named after), is said to have originally been
set into one side of the Persian throne.
The engravings indicate that it belonged to Bourham Nizam
Shah II. in 1591, to the son of Jehangir Shah Jehan in 1641,
and to Kadjar Fath Ali Shah in 1862.
In 1889 it is said to have been presented to the Tsar by Oozre
Mirza, as a sign of regret over the assassination of the Russian
ambassador Griboyedev in Teheran; according to another account,
it was presented to the sovereign during the visit of the
Persian Prince Coshrev in Petersburg.
In any case, it was part of the Russian crown jewels and is
now kept in the treasury in the Kremlin.
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