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The Koh-I-Noor - Mountain of Light
The Koh-I-Noor is an oval-cut diamond with a weight of 105.602 cents. The weight of the diamonds is ct to 600. estimated. The stone was in the front of the Maltese Cross, the Crown of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, taken together with more than 2000 other diamonds. "Koh-I-Noor" comes from the Persian word meaning "mountain of light". He is known as one of the most famous diamonds in history.
The origin of diamonds is in India. The Koh-I-Noor was in the course of history in the possession of various Indian and Persian rulers. For the first time the stone was described in 1304, when he had the Indian Rajah of Malwa. He later fell into the hands of the Sultan Baber.
Währed the next two centuries the diamond was one of the most precious jewels of the ruling moguls. 1739 Nadir Shah of Persia was in Delhi, India, and plundered the city, in order to gain the large diamond. This did not succeed. Legend has it that one of the ladies of the harem Nadir Shah informed them that the diamond was held by Shah Mohammed hidden in his turban. Sun Nadir took an oriental custom to his advantage: He proposed to replace the victory celebration at the turbans. This is a well-known oriental custom to build a rapport and brotherhood to ensure safety and eternal friendship. Shah Mohammed was surprised at the sophistication of his rival. But he was hardly in a position to oppose this issue. So he agreed. Later that night, when Nadir Shah retired to his bedroom, he unfolded the turban of his host, and found the diamonds. When his eyes beheld this wonderful gem, he exclaimed "Koh-I-Noor" - A Mountain of Light! From that moment on the diamond had a name. Nadir Shah took the diamond to Persia in 1739.
In 1747, Nadir Shah was assassinated and the diamond fell into the hands of Ahmad Shah of Afghanistan, until he was taken by the Sikh Maharaja of Punjab, Ranjit Singh, taken during a campaign in 1813 in Afghanistan. Later, Ranjit Singh crowned himself ruler of Punjab. On his deathbed in 1839, he bequeathed to the Koh-I-Noor diamond one Hindu temple in Orissa. After his death, the British administrator, however, led his last will and not from Ranjit Singh's successor left the diamonds in 1851 Queen Victoria.
Because of the lack brilliance of the diamond, it was decided to regrind the stone to improve its brilliance. The Koh-I-Noor was ct of the 186th to its present size of 105.602 cents. . ground down
In 1936 the diamond was set in the crown of the new Queen Elizabeth, wife of King Gerorge VI.,.
