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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 ...
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).
Bang Bang! is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Fox Star Studios. [3] An official remake of the 2010 American film Knight and Day, it marks Anand's running foray into the action genre, and stars Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif, alongside Javed Jaffrey, Danny Denzongpa, Kanwaljit Singh, Deepti Naval, Vikram Gokhale and Pavan Malhotra. [4]
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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 ...
In 1739, he took the Peacock Throne, looted the Mughal treasury, and acquired the Koh-i-Noor. There is a summary of whatever written accounts there are of anyone who saw the transfer of jewels from Delhi to Afsharid Iran. The Durranis- The Koh-i-Noor in Afghanistan. The chapter tells the story of Ahmad Shah Durrani acquired the
These stones were either part of the Peacock Throne or were in possession of the Mughal emperors. The Akbar Shah Diamond was said to form one of the eyes of a peacock, [11] as did the Koh-i-Noor. [12] The Shah diamond was described by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier as being on the side of the throne. [13]
Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond, a 2017 non-fiction history book about the diamond; The Kohinoor, a 19th century Bengali newspaper; Kolkatay Kohinoor, a 2019 Indian film about the diamond; Kohinoor Karan, a fictional Indian superhero from the 1998 film Maharaja