The Kohinoor is a 105.6-carat diamond, likely from India's Golconda region, with a documented ownership history running through the Mughal, Persian, Afghan and…
Popular tradition associates the diamond's earliest known existence with the Kakatiya dynasty, which ruled the Golconda region until its fall to Delhi Sultanate forces i…
Babur's victory at the First Battle of Panipat established Mughal rule. His memoir, the Baburnama, describes an exceptionally large diamond taken as war booty around thi…
Persian ruler Nader Shah invaded Delhi in 1739 and departed with immense Mughal treasure. The often-told story of him finding the diamond hidden in a turban is popular l…
Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire based in Lahore, obtained the diamond in 1813 from the exiled Afghan ruler Shah Shuja Durrani. This transfer is well documented…
The Treaty of Lahore, signed 29 March 1849 after the Second Anglo-Sikh War, included a clause requiring surrender of the Kohinoor to the Queen of England. It was signed…
Following public disappointment at the 1851 Great Exhibition, Prince Albert commissioned Amsterdam firm Coster Diamonds to recut the stone in 1852, reducing its weight f…
Following 2016 Supreme Court proceedings, the Ministry of Culture clarified that India would continue to seek the Kohinoor's return through amicable means, a position re…
At the May 2023 coronation, Queen Camilla wore a reset Queen Mary's Crown featuring the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds instead of the Kohinoor, a widely reported depart…
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