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famous peacock throne, the aggregate value of which is (estimated at 700,000,000, rupees) he rode through the streets of Delhi on his way to Persia (16th May). Before leaving the city he concluded a treaty with Mohammed Shah, by which all the country west of the Indus was ceded to him. The Persian troops suffered much on their return from India by the intense heat to which they were exposed. Besides, their homeward journey was intercepted by the incessant attacks of the Afghan mountaineers, who would not allow the proud conqueror to pass through their lands unless he was willing to pay them a share of the treasures he had brought with him from India.
On reaching Herat, Nadir displayed to public show the jewels and wealth he brought with him from India. He made Meshad the capital of his vast empire. But he was not destined to live long to reap the fruits of his labours. In 1747 as a result of a conspiracy he was killed in his camp near Khabushan, and within a few years after his death, the mighty empire which he had erected, fell to pieces.
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