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Encyclopedia > The Peacock Throne

Shah Jahan seated on the Peacock Throne
Shah Jahan seated on the Peacock Throne

The Peacock Throne was made for the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century and taken from Delhi by Nadir Qoli Beg the Shah of Persia during his invasion of the Mughal Empire in the 18th century.


In the civil war following Nadir’s assassination in 1747, the throne was destroyed. Subsequent Persian thrones copied the throne’s style and were also called the Peacock Throne.


The Peacock Throne is also an informal term for the Iranian Monarchy from Nadir Shah to the monarchy’s end in 1979.


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Among the 26,733 jewels covering the throne, there are four very large spinels on the backrest, the largest of which is 65 cts.; there are also four very large emeralds on the backrest too, the largest of which is approximately 225 cts.
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