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The Coroner’s Report July 25, 2026 · Chandni Chowk, Delhi

Nadir Shah's Sack of Delhi in 1739, Which Took the Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-Noor

After crushing the Mughal army at Karnal in February 1739, the Persian conqueror Nadir Shah occupied Delhi. A riot and false rumour of his death triggered a day-long massacre — perhaps 20,000-30,000 killed — and a plunder so vast that Persia's taxes were remitted for three years. The Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-Noor diamond left India in his baggage.

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The Footnote July 25, 2026 · Daulatabad fort, Maharashtra

Muhammad bin Tughluq's Order of 1327 That Marched the Capital of India 1,100 Kilometres South

In 1327 Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq of Delhi ordered his capital — officials, scholars, and by hostile account the whole population — transferred some 1,100 km south to Daulatabad. Thousands died on the road; within a decade the court trudged back. Paired with his token-currency fiasco, it fixed his reputation as the sultan of brilliant ideas that ended in catastrophe.

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