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We also read that I'tirnadud-daula offered ~ah jahan two pearls worth Rs. 30,000 and that the emperor Aurangzib presented Sahuji, son of Sambhaji, on z rst Sb_awwal 1117, a special robe of honour and two caskets, for instance, in chapter 3, the learned author gives a list of diamonds which entered the 1'1uiJlal treasury reign by reign from Akbar right up to the end of the empire.
This chapter also contains a most interesting history pertaining to a number of diamonds which have been regarded off and on as the Kohinoor, a description running to nearly 35 pages.
The whole book makes an interesting · reading even to the extent of the section on jewellers' weights which the author says is more or less dry and technical.
Books dealing with the constitutional developments of individual Muslim States have been published now and then.
the learned author gives a bird's eye view of the principles of Islam, the growth of the spirit of national• ism with a historical survey of pre- and post-war period.
The book has eight chapters covering Turkey, Egypt, the Sudan, Iran, Afghanis• tan, Iraq, Sa 'udi Arabia, Palestine and Syria, while in the Appendix a short but interesting note appears on Algeria, Morocco, Tunis, Libva, Yemen, Trans• jordon, U .
At present there are four pages devoted to history and nine to the description of the more outstanding monuments from the point of view of the author.