Ahmed Hassan Ahmed                                                                                   cjj                  h00213896

 

The jewel in the British crown with a murky past

 

 

Mountain of Light is a diamond famed because it is opened door for wars and tragedies, it is taken from Indians from Maharaja Duleep Singh since 1849 by British royal family, Indians tray to return the jewel by Singh who claims to be a descendant of Maharaja Duleep ,Singh is the administrator of Jaswinder Singh Sandhanwalia ,many stories wrote about this jewel, but story by Edwin W Streeter was most ratifications. First appearance of the diamond was in 1304 in Delhi, then it faced two centuries of obscurity then shown in 1526, in 1839 the diamond sallied by Shja for 125,000 rupees. In 6 July 1852 modifications and repairs to be able to put it in Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in 1852, the last shown of the diamond in public was in April 2002 in Queen Mother’s coronation crown. “He who owns this diamond will own the world”. Mr Sandhanwalia.

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References

Gornall, J. (2012, September 13). Koh-i-Noor: The jewel in the British crown with a very murky past - The National. Latest and breaking news | thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved March 10, 2013, from http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/south-asia/koh-i-noor-the-jewel-in-the-british-crown-with-a-very-murky-past