NOR Koh-i

The NOR Koh-i or Kuh-e Nûr کوهنور|mountain of light is a Diamant currently assembled on the crown of the British Royal family, exposed with the Crown jewels British to the Tour of London.

History

The exact origin of Koh-i Nor is unknown. Some claim that it comes from the old mine of Kolar, located on Right Bank of the river Krishnâ of the Karnataka, others which it would have been found, some 5000 years ago, in the bed of the Godâvarî, close to Machlipatnam in central India, or in the mines of Golkonda in the Andhra Pradesh, or finally in the hills of Âmrâvatî in the Maharashtra.

However, the first mention of diamond is in the Babur Nama , the chronicle of the life of Bâbur which announces it in possession of the Râja of Mâlvâ in India. It then passes in the hands of the emperors moghols of 1526 to 1739. It is then assembled on the Trône of the Peacock. It takes its current name however only when it passes to the hands of Nâdir Shâh of Perse after it had plundered Delhi in 1739. After the assassination of this last, one finds it, in 1747, possession of Ahmad Shâh of Afghanistan.

Diamond is yielded to the râja sikh Ranjît Singh by Shâh Shûjâ to thank it for its hospitality during its escape in 1814, but the British confiscate it in 1849 with Dhulîp Singh, his/her son, last sovereign sikh, then 11 years old when they seize his State and all his goods. Diamond is presented, the July 3rd 1850, with the Reine Victoria, for the 250e birthday of the English Compagnie of the Eastern Indies. In 1852, under the supervision of the Prince Consort Albert, it is cut, passing from 186 with its current mass of 108 Carat S to improve its brightness, then is assembled on a Tiare with more than two thousand other diamonds.

In 1936, the stone is installed on the crown of the new Queen Elizabeth, the wife of the king George VI.

The governments of the India ask regularly the government and the crown British the return of the stone, asserting the legitimate property. To date, In 2007, this request was not satisfied.

External bonds

  • the photograph of Koh-i-nur on the site of the British crown.
  • Ultra tce Sometimes Bulletin - Recutting the Koh-i-noor - John Hatleburg Man off Many Talents
  • The World off Famous Diamonds
  • Guardian, the U.K. - Give the jewel in the crown back to India
  • History off the Kohinoor

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