Word: mumtaz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over the world for a couple of days of drinking and dancing and laughing and looking at the birthday girl and her jewels. The lat est Elizabethan dazzler was a present from Burton: the flat, heart-shaped diamond given by 17th century Indian Shah Jahan to his wife, Mumtaz Mahal -for whom he built the Taj Mahal. Shah Richard promised to match the cost of the pendant (guesstimate: $100,000) with a donation to charity; he also said he would give UNICEF an amount equal to the bill for the party (perhaps another $70,000). There was no shortage...