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After the assassination of Nader Shah in 1747, the stone came into the hands of Nader Shah's general, Ahmad Shah Durrani of Afghanistan.

In 1830, Shuja Shah Durrani, the deposed ruler of Afghanistan, managed to flee with the diamond.

He went to Lahore where Ranjit Singh forced him to surrender it ; in return for this, Ranjit Singh won back the Afghan throne for Shah Shuja.