Diwan-e-khas is an exotic marble chamber with intricate artwork inside the Red Fort where the Emperor held private meetings with “Khas” (important) people. The famous Peacock Throne adorned this magnificent hall before Nadir Shah carted it off to Iran in 1739. Perhaps the Persian inscription on the ceiling of the Diwan-e-Khas (Hall of Nobles) in Shah Jehan's Red Fort fired Lutyen's imagination. The poet, Firdaus, extravagantly claims, "If there be a paradise on Earth; it is this, oh it is this, oh it is this". Certainly echoes of the paradise, in the form of architectural style, details and materials, are found in Lutyen's neo-classical design for the new city. Thin marbles lattices separate the Diwan-e-Khas from the Khas Mahal, housing the Emperor’s sitting room, prayer room and bedroom. The king would grant audience to important people. Besides this, is the Rang Mahal, the water-cooled apartment for the royal ladies. This was the hall of private audience, divided into two rooms connected by three arches and it was here that the famous peacock throne was kept before being shifted to Delhi by Aurangzeb and finally carried away to Iran. The hall of private audience also had silver ceiling, which was removed by the Marathas.