The exiled son of Iran's last shah, known to his supporters as 'crown prince,' says he's ready to take over. But Iran's opposition is splintered.

Shah Jahan’s Peacock Throne was adorned by the Kohinoor diamond. Wikimedia Commons. Besides the Kohinoor, its sister diamond, Darya-i-Noor, and the Great Mughal diamond were also looted from India. In ...

The two brothers battle it out to claim the majestic Peacock throne with Aurangzeb eventually defeating his older brother to become the sixth ... while her uncle Anil Kapoor will essay the role of ...

“The world believes it was built by love but reading Shah Jahan’s own words on the Taj, ... Nur Jahan’s actions would go on to have grave consequences, ... Prince Khurram also built an extravagant ...

This led another son of Shah Jahan, Shah Shuja, to declare himself the emperor of Bengal, and the youngest son, Murad Baksh, to do the same in Gujarat. Shah Shuja then marched towards Agra, while ...

A painting of Nader Shah seated on the Peacock Throne. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) The original weight of the diamond is disputed, but most believe that by 1635, the Koh-i-Noor was embedded in the ...

The most splendid and costly peacock throne, valued by Tvernier at £3,500,000 sterling, was constructed. ... In the new Delhi of Shah Jahan, the skill of Ali Mardan Khan had supplied every house with ...

Shah Jahan never wanted Aurangzeb to be king due to his extreme nature and religious zealotry, which he feared could weaken the foundations of the Mughal Empire. Dara's lack of interest in the throne ...

He took back with him Shah Jahan’s beloved Peacock Throne and other riches from the Red Fort. Nearly two decades later, in 1760, the cash-starved Marathas, ...

His Imperial Majesty Reza Khan Pahlavi listened to entreaty and, with a grand gesture, has given his official patronage to a Second International Exhibition of Persian Art* forthcoming at ...

Then, in 1628, the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan commissioned the Peacock Throne, an ornate imperial seat encrusted with hundreds of jewels. And set at the very top of the throne was a massive diamond. In ...

Shah Jahan. On July 7, 1656, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan was gifted a ‘large uncut diamond’ - believed to be the Kohinoor - by merchant Mir Jumla. Muhammad Shah Rangila. The controversial diamond, which ...