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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 ...
Kohinoor (Nepali film), a 2014 Nepali action-drama film; Kohinoor, a Malayalam film; Kohinoor Theatre, a mobile theatre from Assam; Kohinoor, a 2005 Indian television series; 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
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 huge diamond is steeped in history and controversy over how it came to be in the possession of British royalty
Narinder Kaur and Emma Webb argued about the diamond, which will not be worn by the Queen Consort at the coronation
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 Daria-i-Noor would make its way to London but fail to garner the attraction of the British nobility. [2] Thus, two years later it was shipped back to India to be auctioned off, with the Nawabs of Dhaka being the winning bidder. [2] To this day it is said to remain in a Bangladeshi bank's vault. [2] Sketch of the Daria-i-Noor
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).