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Early history. Nader Shah seated on the Peacock Throne after the defeat of the 13th Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah. In early Indian history, diamonds were the most valued of gemstones. However, during the period of Mughal rule, diamonds lost this distinction.
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For centuries, India was the world’s only source of diamonds—all the way until 1725, with the discovery of diamond mines in Brazil. Most of the gemstones were alluvial, meaning they could be sifted out of river sands, and rulers of the subcontinent embraced their role as the first diamond connoisseurs. “In many ancient Indian courts, jewelry rather...
At the turn of the 19th century, the British East India Company expanded its territorial control from coastal cities to the interior of the India subcontinent. As Dalrymple and Anand write of the British campaigns, “[they] would ultimately annex more territory than all of Napoleon’s conquests in Europe.” In addition to claiming more natural resourc...
Still shrouded in myth and mystery (including a rumor that the diamond is cursed) one thing is clear when it comes to the Koh-i-Noor: it sparks plenty of controversy. “If you ask anybody what should happen to Jewish art stolen by the Nazis, everyone would say of course they’ve got to be given back to their owners,” Dalrymple says. “And yet we’ve co...
Learn how the Indian gem, revered by gods and cursed by fate, became part of the British Crown Jewels after centuries of colonial conquest and looting. Explore the history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond from ancient India to modern debates over its ownership.
- Lorraine Boissoneault
May 6, 2021 · The Koh-i-Noor diamond (also Koh-i-Nur or Kūh-e Nūr) is one of the largest and most famous cut diamonds in the world. It was most likely found in southern India between 1100 and 1300. The name of the stone is Persian meaning ‘Mountain of Light’ and refers to its astounding size - originally 186 carats (today 105.6).
- Mark Cartwright
Sep 17, 2024 · Koh-i-noor, the diamond with the longest history for an extant stone, a history that may have begun about 1304 or earlier. It was incorporated as the central stone in the queen’s state crown fashioned for use by Queen Elizabeth, consort of George VI, at her coronation in 1937.
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Learn about the fascinating story of the Kohinoor diamond, also known as the Star of India, which was once the pride of India and is now part of the British crown. Discover how it changed hands from one ruler to another, how it got its name, and how it was cut and set in the British crown.
Feb 4, 2020 · It was a symbol of Victorian Britain’s imperial domination of the world and its ability, for better or worse, to take from around the globe the most desirable objects, and to display them in triumph, much as the Romans had once done with curiosities from their conquests 2,000 years earlier.
The crown of Queen Victoria featuring the Koh-i-Noor. Having arrived in England on the 29th of June 1850, the 3 men reached the India office in London on the 2nd of July 1850. The Diamond was gifted to the Queen on 3 rd July 1850, the 250 th anniversary of the EIC.
