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Which two treasures famously left Delhi with Nadir Shah after his 1739 sack of the city?
The plunder was so vast that Persia's taxes were remitted for three years. The massacre that preceded it killed perhaps 20,000-30,000 Delhi residents in a day.
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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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