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  2. Koh-i-Noor - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond

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    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 ...

  4. A Brief History of the Queen Mother's Koh-i-Noor ... - AOL

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    Glittering with 2,800 diamonds and featuring both a large diamond gifted to Queen Victoria by the Sultan of Turkey in 1856 and the massive—and very controversial—105.6-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond ...

  5. Crown of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother - Wikipedia

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    The crown is decorated with about 2,800 diamonds, most notably the 105-carat (21.0 g) Koh-i-Noor in the middle of the front cross, which was acquired by the East India Company after the Anglo-Sikh Wars and presented to Queen Victoria in 1851, [2] and a 17-carat (3.4 g) Turkish diamond given to her in 1856 by Abdulmejid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, as a gesture of thanks for British support ...

  6. The history of the Queen Mother’s crown bearing the Koh-i-Noor

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    The huge diamond is steeped in history and controversy over how it came to be in the possession of British royalty

  7. Why is the Koh-i-Noor diamond so controversial? - AOL

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    The huge diamond is steeped in history and controversy over how it came to be in the possession of British royalty

  8. Crown of Queen Mary - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the coronation the crown was partially altered. Alterations included re-setting the crown with the original Cullinan III and IV diamonds as well as adding the Cullinan V diamond as a tribute to Camilla's mother-in-law, Elizabeth II, who wore the diamonds as brooches. Four of the crown's eight half-arches were removed.

  9. Kohinoor (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    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

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