The History Behind The Cursed Diamond, Koh-I-Noor
The origin of the Koh-I-Noor
Nader Shah on the Peacock Throne | source
The origin of this mysterious diamond is from India in the city of Golconda at the Kollur mine. It was mined from the Rayalaseema, which is a diamond mine, refers to as "Land of Stones" during the rule of Kakatiya dynasty, and since then it was passed from one dynasty to the next. The diamond was originally named as ‘Samantik Mani’ which means "leader and prince among diamonds", and later on in 1739 "Nadir Shah" the Persian king invaded India, and since then the diamond was referred to as the "Mountain of Light". The Kohinoor diamond has a symbolic value which resembles the power of an entire Empire. It has a bloody history full of stories of torture, betrayal, murder, and mutilation. The legend says that "The one who will own the koh-I-Noor will rule the world, but will also suffer from its misfortunes and curse"
Description of the Kohinoor
Originally this mysterious diamond had 793 carats before its first cutting. later on, it weighted 186 carats, and it had an oval cut shape and the size of a small egg, While it was in the possession of the Kakatiya Dynasty. Through history, the ownership of the Kohinoor had been passed from one dynasty to another "The Indian and Persian empires", and end up to be a part of the Crown Jewels of Queen Victoria of England, who was proclaimed the Empress of India at that time. The diamond weighted back then 108.93 carats and kept safe and preserved in the Tower of London.The value of Koh-I-Noor
The real value of the Koh-I-Noor is not exactly known, and it is really hard to give it a monetary price because of its history. It was either gifted, stolen or traded with.
Koh I Noor Worth the value of one day’s food for all the people in the world.
Emperor Babur of the Great Mogul
Koh I Noor worth half the daily expense of the whole world and value equal to half-day production costs of the world.
Sultan Ibrahim Lodi "The last sultan of Delhi"
The curse of Koh-I-Noor
The Cutting of Koh-I-Noor
History of the Kohinoor Diamond
- It is said that the Koh I Noor was mentioned for the first time more than 5000 years ago in a Sanskrit script. Up until 1304, the diamond belonged to Rajas of Malwa.
- In 1304, Emperor of Delhi "Allaudin Khilji" took control of the diamond.
- In 1339, the diamond was transferred to Samarkand where it stayed there for 300 years.
- In 1526, Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur the Mogul ruler had mentioned the diamond in his writings the "Baburnama". The diamond was given to him as a gift from the Sultan Ibrahim Lodi.
- In 1739 the King Nadir Shah of Persia decided to invade the Mughal empire in India. He managed to defeat their emperor and he took the Kooh-I-Noor back to Persia, the name Koh-I-Noor was given to the stolen diamond by the king Nader Shah.
- In 1747 the king Nader Shah was assassinated. The diamond was then passed to Ahmad Shah Durrani. later on Shah Shuja Durrani, a descendant of Ahmad Shah brought back the diamond to India in 1813. The Koh-I-Noor was given to Ranjit Singh, which considered the founder of the Sikh empire in exchange for Ranjit's help to bring the throne of Afghanistan back to Shah Shuja.
- In 1849 as a result of the conquest of the Sikh Empire by the British forces, the diamond had become part of the treasury of the British East India Company as the diamond was taken as war compensation, to be handed later on to Queen Victoria in July 1850.
- In 1852 Prince Albert decided to reshape the diamond and it was taken to Mr. Cantor a Dutch jeweler, who cut it to 108.93 carats oval shape diamond.
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