It was auctioned after it was exhibited, along with another famous Indian diamond Koh-i-Noor or the "mountain of light", in 1850 at the Great Exhibition at Hyde Park organised in honour of Queen Victoria.
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Khwaja alimullah purchased the famous diamond Daria-i-Noor Sea of Light; Persian: دريا (Daria, meaning Sea), Persian: نور (Noor, meaning Light) for Tk 75 thousand when it was auctioned on behalf of the British government by Hamilton and Company of Calcutta in November 1852.
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The French bought it from Matiullah, whose father, Sheikh Enayetullah, a zamindar of Jamalpur pargana in Barisal during Mughals reign, built it as his Rang Mahal (pleasure house).
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Khwaja Salimullah | Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi |