Koh I Noor Diamond

Today it lies in the hands of the british royal family and is part of the crown jewels.

Koh i noor diamond. Legend says that the diamond is 5000 years old and was referred to in sanskrit writings as the syamantaka jewel. Mountain of light the diamond of babur. Possibly mined in kollur mine india during the period of the kakatiya dynasty there is no record of its. Koh i noor the diamond with the longest history for an extant stone a history that may have begun about 1304 or earlier.

When nadir shah saw the diamond in the throne he reportedly exclaimed koh i noor mountain of fire giving the stone the name by which it is known today. کوه نور ˌ k oʊ ɪ ˈ n ʊər. Previously it has belonged to various rulers in india. Mountain of light also spelt kohinoor and koh i nur is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world weighing 105 6 carats 21 12 g.

Only a few historians remembered that the koh i noor which weighed 190 3 metric carats when it arrived in britain had had at least two comparable sisters. 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. The darya i noor sea of light now in tehran and today estimated at 175 195 metric carats and the great mughal diamond believed by most modern gemologists to be the 189 6 carat orlov diamond now set in catherine the great s imperial russian sceptre in the kremlin. The south indian kakatiya dynasty.

The kohinoor is one of the oldest and most famous diamonds in the world. The koh i noor is a 106 carats diamond which was once the largest diamond in the world. The history of kohinoor diamond goes back in history to more than 5000 years ago. The koh i noor diamond currently sits in the british crown weighing 105 6 carats 21 12g and it is displayed in the jewel house in the tower of london where it is seen by millions of tourists.

Below you will find a timeline of this priceless diamond. When nadir shah was assassinated in 1747 the commander of his 4 000 strong bodyguard took the diamond back to his native afghanistan and ruled as ahmad shah. The koh i noor was a flawless diamond. It was only in the early 19th century when the koh i noor reached the punjab that the diamond began to achieve its preeminent fame and celebrity.

It is part of the british crown jewels.