Great Mughal (Diamond)
The Mughal Mughal is the fifth largest known diamond in the world.
He got his name from the title of Great Mughal , which the rulers of the Mughal Empire carried. The gem was one of their insignia , along with the Peacock Throne and Koh-i-Noor , another famous diamond .
The Mughal Mughal was found in the Indian Kollur mine in Golkonda around 1650 . The raw weight was 797.5 carats (159.5 grams), other information states 793, 807 or 817 carats. In the 17th century it was allegedly cut into a pointed conical rose by the Venetian stone cutter Hortentio Borgis. The only surviving description of the bluish diamond by a European came from the French Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in 1665 .
Since the conquest of Delhi by Nadir Shah in 1739, the stone has disappeared. Some sources state that the Orlov , a stone that is also carved in the classic Indian rose cut, was part of the Great Mughal . However, most historians disagree.
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Trivia
In the Sherlock Holmes film In the Sign of the Four , the Great Mughal is part of the treasure from India.