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unusual facts about Iranian Crown Jewels



Daria-i-Noor

In 1965, a Canadian team conducting research on the Iranian Crown Jewels concluded that the Darya-ye Noor may well have been part of a large pink diamond that had been studded in the throne of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, and had been described in the journal of the French jeweller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in 1642, who called it the Great Table diamond ("Diamanta Grande Table").

Pink Panther jewel

The stone is part of the Iranian Crown Jewels and is displayed at the Central Bank of Iran in Tehran.


see also

Noor-ul-Ain

The tiara forms part of the Iranian crown jewels, held at the National Treasury of Iran in the Central Bank in Tehran.