Great Mogul

English Alternative forms en Great Moghul Great Mughal Noun Great Mogul en dated A Mughal emperor. en Grand Mogul en 29 January 1712 [Letter] A Collection of Papers Against the Scots Toleration and Patronages 1712 42 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KitcAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA42 And then if the Pretender, nay if the Great Mogul, or any other Man (however averse they may be at present) did offer his Service to them for recovering their prissine State, they would, I am afraid, too readily comply to accept thereof, when chagrin’d, and fretted, and combin’d for that purpose. en 1857 October Delhi and the Muhammadan Rebellion in India w:The New Monthly Magazine 111 442 130 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zS4wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA130 This first of the Great Moguls is vaunted as the most accomplished prince that ever ruled over Hindostan; yet, as has been justly remarked, we nowhere see him in the edifying picture of a monarch devoting himself in peace to the improvement of his country and the happiness of his people. en 1966 w:Owen Chadwick The Victorian Church 1 262 https://archive.org/details/x-1-victorian-church/page/262/mode/1up Was the pronouncement of the judicial committee no more relevant to the church than a pronouncement by the Great Mogul, with the important exception that it possessed the tyrannical power of enforcing its orders against the church? en 8 May 1992 w:Elaine Sciolino With New Pride, Iran Dusts Off the Crown Jewels http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/08/world/teheran-journal-with-new-pride-iran-dusts-off-the-crown-jewels.html w:The New York Times In 1739, the Persian conqueror Nadir Shah sacked Delhi and returned home with chests filled with gold, silver, emeralds, diamonds and pearls from the Great Mogul’s treasury. https://web.archive.org/web/20230801140057/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/08/world/teheran-journal-with-new-pride-iran-dusts-off-the-crown-jewels.html 1 August 2023 Proper noun Great Mogul 1 The Great Mogul Diamond Great Mogul diamond, a gem once belonging to the Mughal emperors. en 1883 January The Diamond w:The Westminster Review 119 235 49 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0be0HoT3V5wC&pg=PA49 All we know of the Great Mogul is derived from Bernier and Tavernier. Whether after the latter had seen it, it was broken up, lost, or hidden away never to be rediscovered, we cannot say en 2005 Glenn Klein Faceting History: Cutting Diamonds and Colored Stones 1599260832 184 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AoZ2fb2-xZ8C&pg=PA184 The Persians are believed to have acquired the stone after Nadir Shah looted Delhi in 1739. The Great Mogul has disappeared since that time. See also en Grand Turk en Gems People