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Image: Royal Collection Trust/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020 Earlier this year, a highly bejeweled miniature Quran that belonged to Queen Victoria went on display for the first time. The Muslim holy book is in fact part of an enameled gold locket/necklace, decorated with emeralds, diamonds, and rubies, and is attached to threads of silver foil wrapped around a silk core. The book, which measures 46mm x 35mm, is revealed by sliding the side of the locket. It dates from around 1700 and probably belonged to Zinat Mahal, wife of the final Mughal emperor. In the nineteenth century it was confiscated after the unsuccessful 1857 Indian Rebellion and later given to the queen. ....