Iranian crown jewels
The Iranian Crown Jewels are a valuable collection of diamonds and jewels in Iran .
The Iranian Crown Jewels are kept in the National Jewelery Museum in the Central Bank in Tehran . The Pahlavi crown is part of the collection. The crown jewels include, among other things, various crowns, sceptres, swords, chests with pearls and flacons. In addition, various items of clothing, such as the royal robe, are also counted among the crown jewels.
history
Most of the collection was acquired by the Safavid dynasty (1501–1722). In 1719, Isfahan , the then capital of Persia, was sacked by Afghan troops, who took away large parts of the collection. Nadir Shah undertook a campaign against Afghanistan and northern India in 1739 and, in turn, plundered cities such as Kandahar , Kabul and Delhi . This is how the Iranian crown jewels and other valuable diamonds and jewels came to Persia from northern India, including the diamonds Koh-i-Noor , Shah-Diamant and Darya-ye Noor as well as the peacock throne and the Samarian spinel .
The crown jewels were last used by the Pahlavi dynasty. With its fall in 1979, the crown jewels were hidden from the public in the central bank for many years. They did not become accessible to the public again until the 1990s.
gallery
Chest filled with pearls
Golden bottle
Plate cover set with jewels
Coronation belt of the Shah
The imperial sword
literature
- A. Malecka: The Mystery of the Nur al-Ayn Diamond. In: Gems & Jewelery. The Gemmological Association of Great Britain. vol. 23, no. 6, July 2014, pp. 20–22.
- A. Malecka: Darya-ye Nur: History and Myth of a Crown Jewel of Iran. In: Iranian Studies. vol. 51, No. 1, 2018, pp. 69-96. doi: 10.1080 / 00210862.2017.1362952
- VB Meen, AD Tushingham: Crown jewels of Iran. University of Toronto Press, Toronto 1968, OCLC 732194075 .
