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Nāder Shāh
Nāder Shāh Afshār or Nadir Shah (November 1688 or 6 August 1698 – 19 June 1747) was the Shah of Iran from 1736 to 1747 and the founder of the Afsharid dynasty.
In 1739, Nāder Shāh acquired a Piece of Eden in the shape of a diamond when he sacked the Taj Mahal. In awe of its splendour, Shāh named it Koh-i-Noor (Mountain of Light). in 1747, Nāder Shāh was assassinated. In 1830, Shujah Shah Durrani, the deposed ruler of Afghanistan, was forced to give the Koh-i-Noor diamond to Maharajah Ranjit Singh who brought it back to India.