Kiani crown
The Kiani crown was the official coronation crown in Persia during the Qajar dynasty between 1796 and 1925. The second Shah of the Qajar family, Fath Ali Shah , had it made at the beginning of the 19th century.
The crown consists of a hat made of red velvet , over which sits an openwork golden frame . It is adorned with over 1800 pearls , around 1500 rubies , 300 emeralds and hundreds of diamonds , the largest of 25 carats .
The case of the crown rises cylindrically upwards, where it widens slightly. The lower edge bears a row of pearls. Above it is a wide ring made of gold filigree, which is covered with diamond rosettes of various sizes, which bear large rubies inside. Above are ribbons of pearls and ruby rosettes. This is followed by a very wide field of pearls, which is interrupted at the top and bottom by gemstone formations and in the middle by individual gemstones and large diamond rosettes. Above that there are again bands of ruby rosettes and pearls. Above the upper edge of the crown there are several wave-like curved prongs that carry various gemstones. On the front of the crown there is a large fan-like formation of long narrow leaves with diamonds and emeralds set in gold . At its base sits a large black gem, surrounded by countless diamonds. Above it is a large, mulled , gold-rimmed emerald.
After Reza Shah Pahlavi took over the reign of Iran, a new crown, the Pahlavi Crown , was also created. The Kiani crown was nevertheless symbolically erected at the coronation of Reza Shah on April 25, 1926. Today it is in the State Bank in Tehran .
literature
- Jürgen Abeler : Crowns. Sign of rulership of the world . 3rd improved and enlarged edition. Orb-Verlag Pies, Wuppertal 1976.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Iranian History 1926: Reza Khan Becomes Reza Shah , (English), accessed on April 25, 2009