Koh I Noor Quotes

At present it [the Koh-i-Noor diamond] is in fact only the ninetieth biggest diamond in the world. - William Dalrymple quote.

At present it [the Koh-i-Noor diamond] is in fact only the ninetieth biggest diamond in the world.
— William Dalrymple Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond

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Only a few historians remembered that the Koh-i-Noor, which weighed 190.3 metric carats when it arrived in Britain, had had at least two comparable sisters, the Darya-i-Noor, or Sea of Light, now in Tehran (today estimated at 175 to 195 metric carats), and the Great Mughal Diamond, believed by most modern gemmologists to be the Orlov diamond (189.9 metric carats), today part of Catherine the Great's imperial Russian sceptre in the Kremlin. - William Dalrymple quote.

Only a few historians remembered that the Koh-i-Noor, which weighed 190.3 metric carats when it arrived in Britain, had had at least two comparable sisters, the Darya-i-Noor, or Sea of Light, now in Tehran (today estimated at 175 to 195 metric carats), and the Great Mughal Diamond, believed by most modern gemmologists to be the Orlov diamond (189.9 metric carats), today part of Catherine the Great's imperial Russian sceptre in the Kremlin.

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In the recent past, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and even the Taliban have also all laid claim to the gem and asked for its return. - William Dalrymple quote.

In the recent past, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and even the Taliban have also all laid claim to the gem and asked for its return.
— William Dalrymple Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond

Though the British had come to believe that the Koh-i-Noor's curse would only bring down a male monarch, it seems Queen Elizabeth II is taking no chances, and she has refrained from wearing the jewel. It now sits on display at the Jewel House in the Tower of London, but retirement for the Koh-i-Noor has not been altogether peaceful. - William Dalrymple quote.

Though the British had come to believe that the Koh-i-Noor's curse would only bring down a male monarch, it seems Queen Elizabeth II is taking no chances, and she has refrained from wearing the jewel. It now sits on display at the Jewel House in the Tower of London, but retirement for the Koh-i-Noor has not been altogether peaceful.

The Koh-i-Noor and its sister, the Timur Ruby, were both kept by Ahmad Khan Abdali on his person. He wore them both in an armlet in Kandahar when he took the throne to create what became in time a new country, and the home of the Koh-i-Noor for the next seventy years – Afghanistan. - William Dalrymple quote.

The Koh-i-Noor and its sister, the Timur Ruby, were both kept by Ahmad Khan Abdali on his person. He wore them both in an armlet in Kandahar when he took the throne to create what became in time a new country, and the home of the Koh-i-Noor for the next seventy years – Afghanistan.

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