was adorned with gold and jewels…and the ground was covered with a pearl-edged braid... This throne and its railing were all in pieces, dismantled for transportation, and would be re-assembled in order… The present writer saw this throne when the victorious armies had left Delhi and proceeded to the capital Herat, when it was, by royal command, propped up within Nader’s royal tent, along with two other rare gifts: a diamond known as the Darya-i Noor, the Sea of Light, and a ruby known as the ‘Ain al-Hur, the Eye of the Huri.’10
