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The Koh-i-Noor (Persian for 'Mountain of Light'; / ˌ k oʊ ɪ ˈ n ʊər / KOH-in-OOR), [b] [4] [5] also spelt Koh-e-Noor, Kohinoor and Koh-i-Nur, is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, weighing 105.6 carats (21.12 g). [a] It is part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. The diamond is currently set in the Crown of Queen ...
Amathuxidia, commonly known as the koh-i-noors, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are large showy butterflies, brown with blue forewing bands and hindwing "tails". They are large showy butterflies, brown with blue forewing bands and hindwing "tails".
Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond is a 2017 book on the Koh-i-Noor diamond written by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand. [1] The gem is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, weighing 105.6 carats (21.12 g), and part of the British Crown Jewels. Koh-i-Noor is Persian for "Mountain of Light"; it has been known ...
The Koh-i-Noor diamond then went to legendary jewelry lover Queen Mary, who, true to form, had court jeweler Garrard stud her Art Deco-inspired coronation masterpiece with not only this 105.6 ...
The huge diamond is steeped in history and controversy over how it came to be in the possession of British royalty
The history of how the Koh-i-noor diamond, one of the largest-cut in the world, came to be part of the British Crown Jewels has long been fraught with controversy.It was seized by the East India ...
The koh-i-noor ranges from in India from Sikkim to Assam and onto Myanmar. The butterfly has a wide range in Southeast Asia , from Malaysia to the Indonesian archipelago ( Sumatra , Borneo , Enggano and Java ) and the Philippines ( Leyte , Samar , Panaon , Negros and Mindanao ).
The book begins with Flashman being questioned about Koh-i-Noor by Queen Victoria. As Flashman cannot tell the truth to the Queen without offending her, he reminisces about the First Sikh War , 1845 and 1846, and how he acquired Koh-i-Noor (The Mountain of Light).