![]() The Emir said to him, "Zahroun, the pearls are yours, and we trust you blindly, so why did you deprive him of this simple request?" Zahroun obliged and gave his worker what he wanted. However, Zahroun refused and said to him, “Ask the Emir first, if he agrees, I will make one for you.” When the Emir arrived, Zahroun explained what happened with the worker. ![]() ![]() One of Zahroun's workers had a baby girl, so he asked Zahroun to make her earrings from the pearls of the Emirs of Bahrain. The Emirs of Bahrain, when weddings and other festivities took place, entrusted Zahroun with pearls in large quantities without counting them in order for Zahroun to fashion necklaces, bracelets and other jewelry items for them. : 1 Individuals known to have owned his silver nielloware include Sultan Abdul Hamid II, Stanley Maude, Winston Churchill, the Bahraini royal family, Egyptian King Farouk, the Iraqi royal family (including kings Faisal I and Ghazi), and the British royal family, including the Prince of Wales who became Edward VIII. Zahroun Amara was known by many nobles and monarchs around the world and was the doyen and most renowned of the 'Amarah Silverworkers', with his signature on silverware prized by royalty. ![]() Zahroun Amara was a member of the Mandaean community who were famed for their silverwork. Zahroun Mulla Khidr bin Badran bin Qarjar Al-Zahroun Amara ( Arabic: زهرون الملا خضر بن بدران بن قارجار ال زهرون عمارة), known simply as Zahroun Amara (also spelled Zahrun, Zahron or Zahroon Amarah) ( Arabic: زهرون عمارة), was an Iraqi niello silversmith and jeweler who was born in Amarah, Iraq in the late 19th Century. ![]()
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