Darya-ye Noor

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Darya-e Noor diamond
The Iranian Emperor Reza Shah Pahlavi with the Darya-ye Noor diamond on his uniform

Darya-ye Noor ("Lake of Light" or "Ocean of Light", also written Darya-i-Noor , Darya-e Noor , Daria-i-Noor and Darya-i-Nur ) is a pink, 182  carat (36 g) heavy diamond with a size of 41.40 × 29.50 × 12.15 mm. It is located among the Iranian Crown Jewels in the Iranian Central Bank in Tehran.

A significantly smaller diamond with the same name and description is kept in the Sonali Bank in Dhaka , Bangladesh .

history

The diamond was found in a mine in Golkonda , India , owned by the Mughals .

In 1739 Nadir Shah , Shah of Persia , occupied Delhi . In return for the return of the crown to the defeated Indian ruler, he received the jewel treasure of the Mughal emperors, to which "Darya-ye Noor" belonged. The diamond ended up in Persia , where it became part of the Iranian Crown Jewels.

literature

Anna Malecka: Daryā-ye Nur: History and Myth of a Crown Jewel of Iran. In: Iranian Studies. Vol. 51, 2018, doi : 10.1080 / 00210862.2017.1362952 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Collections: Darya-i-Nur. Iranian Central Bank website.
  2. ↑ Daria-i-Noor. Banglapedia - the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (English).
  3. ^ Meet Daria-i-Noor, the Koh-i-Noor's little-known sibling. The Tribune , March 28, 2012 (English).
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