Seraglio Treasures: Jewelled Thrones from the Turkish Sultans' Palaces Now Collected into a Museum
... THRONE IN THE OLD SERAGLIO _ ________ THE THRONE OF A MILLION PEARLS THE PEARL-STUDDED SEAT OF ISMAIL, A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PERSIAN SHAH. A WONDERFUL RELIC OF OLD INDIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP WAS BROUGHT BACK BY THE CONQUEROR SULTAN, SELIM. IT IS IN THE FORMER IMPERIAL ...