Tag: Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan

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Record-high auction of royal Indian jewels totals $109mn

New York: An auction of royal Indian jewellery at Christie’s here has totaled almost $109 million, with a jade-hilted dagger of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a ceremonial sword of the Nizams of Hyderabad and a bejewelled medieval huqqa setting world records. These objects, among a total of 400, went under the hammer at the “Maharajas […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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