No one actually knows where the Koh-i-Noor diamond came from. Who first discovered it, how big it wa
No one actually knows where the Koh-i-Noor diamond came from. Who first discovered it, how big it was before being cut – all unknown. The famous diamond can concretely be placed only starting in 1739, as one of many jewels seized and shipped from Delhi to Iran by an upstart invader named Nader Shah. He was one of many local rulers who were taking advantage of the collapsing Mughal Empire. With a couple tons of loot being sent back to Nader Shah’s capital in Iran, historians are lucky anyone thought to note the Koh-i-Noor! -- source link
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