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The Mountain of Light

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The Story of the Koh-i-noor Diamond by CHARLOTTE AND DENIS PLIMMER Literally Koh-i-noor means the ' mountain of light '. The words were spoken by the great Persian Emperor, Nadir Shah , when he first saw the huge diamond which had fallen into his hands, and is now among our own Crown Jewels. The story of the diamond is one of violence, greed and blood. It is said that no man who wears it dies a natural death. With the voices Of: MAJOR GENERAL W. D. M. RAE -BURN, Governor of the Tower of London and Keeper of the Jewel House: WILLIAM SUMMERS, The Crown Jeweller; and MR E. A. JOBBINS , Keeper of Minerals and Gem Stones at the Institute of Geological Sciences Narrator Saeed Jaffrey
With WILLIAM FOX , RENU SETNA
MARC ZUBER , GARARD GREEN
INDIRA JOSHI , MARGOT BOYD
NICOLETTE MCKENZIE
JOAN MATHESON , ROD BEACHAM
ROY SPENCER , JONATHAN SCOTT and ZIA MOHYEDDIN
Directed by JOHN SCOTNEY

Contributors

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Denis Plimmer
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Nadir Shah
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General W. D. M. Rae
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Mr E. A. Jobbins
Narrator:
Saeed Jaffrey
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William Fox
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Renu Setna
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Marc Zuber
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Garard Green
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Indira Joshi
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Margot Boyd
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Nicolette McKenzie
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Joan Matheson
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Rod Beacham
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Roy Spencer
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Jonathan Scott
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Zia Mohyeddin
Directed By:
John Scotney

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