Peacock Throne

The Peacock Throne was made for the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century and taken from Delhi by Nadir Shah the Shah of Persia during his invasion of the Mughal Empire in 1739.

In the civil war following Nadir’s assassination in 1747, the throne was destroyed. Subsequent Persian thrones copied the throne’s style and were also called the Peacock Throne.

The Peacock Throne is also an informal term for the Iranian Monarchy from Nadir Shah to the monarchy’s end in 1979.