Chinese consider this seizure a "colonial rapacity" comparable to the taking of the Elgin Marbles or the Koh-i-Noor diamond.
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.
The inspiration for the name was the famous Koh-i-Noor (meaning "Mountain of Light") diamond, part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom and the largest diamond in the world at the time.
Named after the famous diamond, it is a work by Rob Bakelaar of Tekta Architecten.
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An Egyptian TV-Radio magazine reported in April 2012 that Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy and Abdulaziz bin Majid developed a business pact centered around the Saudi mall, "Al Noor Mall" that is the most famous mall in Medina.
Other overseas centres include the Al Mihad Institute, Dubai and the Al Hilal Education Centre, Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates as well as the Al Noor Education Centre in Muscat, Oman.
In 1990 when the Revolution against autocrat Ershad took place, Noor again came to join the movement.
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With only two days remaining of the first show actor of that drama Abul Hayat got injured, Ali Zaker asked Noor to take the part.
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Ke Hotey Chay Kotipoti:Noor hosts the show.Its a Bengali game show which is a Bangla version of the British famous show "who wants to be millionaire?
In 1955 Cheong Soo Pieng, along with five other artists Chen Wen Hsi, Chen Chong Swee, Lim Hak Tai, Tay Wee Koh, and Suri bin Mohyani were invited to showcase their artworks in England, funded by fellow artist and arts patron Ho Kok Hoe.
Tommy Koh et al. (2006), Singapore: The Encyclopedia, Editions Didier Millet and National Heritage Board, ISBN 981-4155-63-2
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").
Due to lack of financial resources and support in the region, several philanthropic families have privately provided financial aid for 'Payame Noor University' in an effort to create opportunities for residents.
After the falling health of Mazhar Kaleem, he along with Zaheer Ahmed, Safder Shaheen, Irshad Al Asar Jaferi, Ali Hasan Gilani and Khalid Noor, took over writing the Imran Series under the aegis of Arslaan Publications.
Lord Krishna is also said to have come to this area, in order to get back from Jamabant the same diamond which is now known as Koh-i-Noor, part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.
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.
A twin statue, also linked to the Koh Ker site, is on display at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California.
Koh had been involved with pepper cultivation already long before his arrival at Penang, having had experience in this field both in Phuket and in Kedah.
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Koh's eldest son, Koh Kok Chye, was from his Penang wife and was promoted to be the governor of Kuala Kedah (1821–1841).
In 2003, Koh donated 150 paintings by Singaporean artist Lim Tze Peng to the Singapore Art Museum.
The high jagged peaks above the Hajigak Pass, blue-black and shining, shimmer in the sunlight for they contain an estimated reserve of 2 billion tons of iron ore; Asia's richest deposit.
Larki Punjaban (Urdu: لڑکی پنجابن, lit Punjabi Girl) is a 2003 Pakistani film directed by Syed Noor and starring Babar Ali, Saima, and Shamyl Khan.
Other performances of her music include a "Pocket Concerto" commission from Miller Theatre in New York, Chiaroscuro Azzurro, premiered by violinist Jennifer Koh and the International Contemporary Ensemble.
He was the student of great masters such as: Noor Ali Boroomand, Abdollah Davami, Abolhasan Saba, and Dariush Safvat, among others.
Buckmaster's incompetence was to lead not only to SOE giving the Germans valuable information, but also to the deaths of dozens of agents, including Suttill, Norman, Noor and Sonya, who were all to be murdered in concentration camps.
In 1965, he was elected to the Afghan parliament from his home district of Barak-i-Barak in Logar province representing the traditional religious scholars.As one of only a handful of religious scholars in the parliament, he took it upon himself to be a first line of defense against the Marxist deputies such as Babrak Karmal, Hafizullah Amin, Noor Ahad and Anahita Ratebzad and strongly opposed the Marxist movement in Afghanistan.
While playing for the Saudi national team on 14 June 2006, Noor managed to deliver a powerful performance while also having come down with a bad case of the flu.
Sajeel Shahid, a British Muslim widely described as a founder or leader of an organization of British Muslims who supported or engaged in Jihad, said he befriended Noor Khan whil they were bothe held in Lahore.
The movie's story revolved around the life of a divorced woman (Atiqa Odho) and her musician son (Shaan) who fantasises about a model (Noor).
His paternal grandfather was Sardar Noor Mohammed Khan Leghari, founder of Rahimabad.
Nisha also known as Noor Nisha was a popular South Indian actress.
Mohd Noor Hazrul Bin Mohd Mustafa (born 11 October 1988 in Perak) is a Malaysian professional footballer currently playing for Perak FA in the Malaysian Super League.
In 1157 AH (1744 AD) Shaykh Shukrullah a Sindhi war-chief sent by Mian Noor Mohammad Kalhoro defeated Hothí the chief of the Kakralah a Hindu tribe which had build the fort of Kanji, the Hindus of that region had a long blood-feud with the Samma tribe (Muslim).
Noor Muhammad joined International Centre for Theoretical Physics on the request of prominent theoretical physics and nobel laureate in Physics Dr. Prof. Abdus Salam.
Together with Viimne reliikvia, Siin me oleme! and Mehed ei nuta, Noor pensionär is one of the most influential Estonian movies from the Soviet occupation era.
NOOR Images was launched in 2007 at Visa pour l’Image by managing director Claudia Hinterseer and member photographers Pep Bonet, Stanley Greene, Yuri Kozyrev, Kadir van Lohuizen, Francesco Zizola and former members Jan Grarup, Samantha Appleton, Philip Blenkinsop and Jodi Bieber.
The tiara forms part of the Iranian crown jewels, held at the National Treasury of Iran in the Central Bank in Tehran.
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The Noor-ul-Ain is believed to have once formed part of an even larger gem called the Great Table diamond.
Nur Artiran, Sheikha Nur or "Sheikha Noor" is the current Sufi Master of the Mevlevi Sufi Order which was founded by Rumi.
Princess Noor's parents divorced in 1985 and in 1986 her father married Princess Sana Asem.
Rannap has been active in management and composition for Ruja, Noor-Eesti and Hõim.
Satpanth followers, called Mureeds, believe that the physical form of the Imam is merely a vessel for the spiritual Imam which is Noor or eternal light.
He was father of Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Saddozai Durrani who is father of Sardar Ahmad Khan (Sadozai) Durrani Chairman Sadozai Qaumi Welfare Organization settled in Copenhagen Denmark now living in Quetta, Noor Ullah Khan Durrani settled in Harran Norway, Habibullah Khan Sadozai settled in United Kingdom and others four more sons etc.
The programme is planned and hosted by Syed Munir Khasru, a faculty member of Institute of Business Administration, Dhaka University and is directed by Abdun Noor Tushar.
The eastern end of the range is variously known merely as Band, or as the Kharan-rakshan Lath, while on the west and north of Panjgur it is known as the Koh-e-Sabz.
Set at the same time as the American invasion and occupation of Afghanistan after the events set in motion by 9/11, Stewart made the walk in the middle of winter, adding additional hardship as he passed through the mountainous Ghor and Koh-i-Baba regions and its many snow-bound passes and villages.
Wafah Dufour spent the early part of her life in Los Angeles, then Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, but later moved to Geneva, Switzerland, with her parents and two sisters Nadjia (1979) and Noor (1987).
Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor (born in January 28, 1991 at Maran, Pahang, Malaysia) is a Malaysian footballer who currently plays as a striker or a midfielder for FC Ryukyu.
Local celebrities who participated in the concerts included Dick Lee, Shiek Haikel, Azrina Ahmad, Koh Chieng Mun, Mark Lee, Sharon Ismail, Jai, Nathan Hartono and Project Superstar Season 1 winners, Chen Wei Lian and Kelly Poon.
Koh-i-Noor was a partner in producing Jiří Barta's 2009 animated feature In the Attic, and its pencils appear frequently throughout the film.