AS THE FAME OF THE STONE SPREAD, IT
EVENTUALLY REACHED THE EARS OF THE
GRAND VIZIER AND EVEN TO SULTAN
MEHMET IV. BY THE ORDER OF THE SULTAN,
BOTH PARTIES WERE BROUGHT TO THE
PALACE AND PAID THEIR DUE, TAKING THE
STONE IN EXCHANGE.
SULTAN MEHMED IV
The story goes on, as the Spoonmaker took the gem to a jewelry
store and tried to find out what it really was. The jeweler paid 10 coins
to the spoonmaker and bought the diamond. In order to appraise it, he
showed it to another one of his jeweler friends. They both concluded
that the gem was very valuable. His friend asked for hush money, and
of course, and a fight ensued. The Royal Jeweler soon heard about it
and wanted to settle the dispute by buying the diamond, paying both
jewelers a sack of gold. As the fame of the stone spread, it eventually
reached the ears of the Grand Vizier and even to Sultan Mehmet IV.
By the order of the sultan, both parties were brought to the palace
and paid their due, taking the stone in exchange. After shaving and
shining the stone, the incredible brilliance of the diamond finally
surfaced.
Kaşıkçı, bir kuyumcu dükkanına girer ve taşın ne olduğunu öğrenmeye çalışır. Kuyumcu, 10 akçe karşılığı elması kaşıkçıdan alır.
Değer biçmek için o da başka bir kuyumcu arkadaşına gösterir ve
bu taşın çok değerli olduğu kanaatine varırlar. Arkadaşı sus payı ister,
aralarında kavga çıkar; olayı kuyumcubaşı duyar. Herbirine birer kese
akçe vererek taşı almak ister. Bu sırada taşın ünü yayılır. Olay sadrazama, ondan da Padişah IV. Mehmet’e kadar akseder. Padişahın emri
ile ihtilaflı fertlerin hakları ödenerek elmas saraya getirilir. Tıraşlanır
ve harikulade bir mücevher ortaya çıkar.
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