![]() ![]() ![]() So do several other nearby countries - including Iran and Afghanistan - whose own royals and rulers, over the centuries, possessed the diamond. India wants the diamond back.Īnd it's not alone. That's because the Koh-i-noor has become a focus of anti-colonial anger. Most met grisly deaths - murdered, betrayed, defeated. Calamity is said to have struck many a male royal who wore it. It passed through Mughal, Persian, Afghan and Sikh empires before ending up in the hands of Queen Victoria in the mid-19th century.Īlong the way, people came to believe it was cursed. From there, the story goes, it spent centuries hidden inside a golden statue at a Hindu temple. Legend has it the 105-carat diamond - whose name means "mountain of light" in Persian - was found on a bank of the holy Krishna River in southern India at least 800 years ago. ![]() ![]() LONDON - Of all the glittering British crown jewels, one will be conspicuously absent at King Charles III's coronation: the Koh-i-noor diamond. Camilla, the queen consort, will not use the Koh-i-noor diamond in her coronation crown, but will modify Queen Mary's crown, using diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II's personal collection. The Koh-i-noor diamond, set in the Maltese Cross at the front of the crown made for Britain's late Queen Mother Elizabeth, is seen on her coffin at London's Westminster Hall. ![]()
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