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1. Ruby bought by the uncle of the King of the Mongols in India for 90.000 rupees. The ruby was presented to the king on its birthday. 3,4. Rubies belonging to the king of Visapur, India. 5. Ruby belonging to affluent merchant from Varanasi, India. 6. Topaz belonging to the Mongol king of India.

Tags: Commerce, Diamonds, Gems, India, Kings, Mongols of India, Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Persians, Rubies, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, Varanasi, Visapur

1. Diamond belonging to the Mongol king of India. 2. Diamond belonging to the Duke of Tuscany. 3. Rough diamond of 242 carats. The author states that this was the bigger diamond he ever saw at the hands of the merchants of India. 4. Rough diamond bought by the author at Ahmedabad, India. 5. Finished diamond. 6. Rough diamond bought by the author in India. 7,8. Rough and finished diamond, of a total weight of 104 carats. The diamonds were bought by an affluent Danish merchant in the presence of the author.

Tags: Ahmedabad, Commerce, Diamonds, Duke of Tuscany, Economic activities, Gems, India, Italians, Kings, Mongols of India, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life

Chart of the Timurid dynasty (dynasty of Timur or Tamerlane). With the exception of Mirzah Mirah Schah, the rest of the persons on the chart rose to the throne albeit for a short time.

Tags: Kings, Persia / Iran, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Timur / Tamerlane, Timurid dynasty, Uzbekistan

Portrait of Frederick William III of Prussia.

Tags: Animals, Brandenburg, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Frederick William III of Prussia, Germany, Holy Roman Empire, Horses, Kings, Portraits, Prussia, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Charles II of Spain.

Tags: Charles II of Spain, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Holy Roman Empire, Horses, Kings, Madrid, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), Spain, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Leopold I, the Holy Roman Emperor, head of the Christian states of Central Europe in the Second Siege of Vienna.

Tags: Animals, Austria, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Holy League, Holy Roman Empire, Horses, Kings, Leopold I of the Holy Roman Empire, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vienna

Frontispiece.

Tags: Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, French, Human types, Kings, Louis XIV of France, Portraits, Travel, Women

Illustration for the poem of Shakespeare "Hamlet".

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Hamlet, Human types, Interiors, Jewellery, Kings, Soldiers, William Shakespeare, Women

Ancient coin of Salamis. Obv. Ajax son of Telamon, king of Salamis.

Tags: Aias / Ajax son of Telamon, Art and antiquities, Attica, Coins, Greece, Greek mythology, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Kings, Mythology, Salamis

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