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The world’s oldest and most preserved diamond is “Keinol†(aka “Mountain of Lightâ€). Its English name is KEUNOR, which means "mountain of light" in Persian, weighing 105.6 carats (21.6 grams), colorless, elliptical engraved shape, native to Golkonda, India.
There is a passage in the Hindu scriptures: "Whoever owns it has the whole world; whoever owns it has to bear the catastrophe it brings. Only God or a woman who owns it will not suffer any punishment. â€
"Mountain of Light"
The symbol of wealth and power in the "Mountain of Light" is also the bane of bloodshed and death. According to the literature, for 700 years, this diamond has caused countless bloody massacres and battles. Many monarchs who once owned it, and eventually bad luck.
Translated Name: Ke Yinor / Mountain of Light
Color: light blue
Cut: elliptical
Weight: 105.60 carats
Original stone weight: 787.50 carats
Year of birth: 1304
Place of Origin: Golconda Colle Mine, India
The beginning of the monarchy
In the 16th century, the founder of the Mughal dynasty in India became the first monarch to have the "Mountain of Light". After he got the "Mountain of Light", he hid it in the peacock throne that symbolizes power and announced to the world that he had received the same priceless treasure, "it is equivalent to the ration of everyone in the world one day."
However, shortly after getting the "Mountain of Light", Ba'er's biological son launched a coup, put Baer's son in a cage, and boarded the Peacock throne. Baer's first became the "mountain of light" The king who suffered bad luck.
The continuation of the dynasty passed to the hands of the fifth generation of the Mughal dynasty Shah Jahan, who was famous for building the Taj Mahal. He also became the new owner of the "Mountain of Light". Since then, the palace has become a battlefield for power and profit, and Shah Jahan’s dozen sons have not hesitated to fight for the throne and this valuable diamond. One of the sons forced the father to walk down the peacock throne with a knife-stained blade. Shah Jahan was later placed under house arrest in the "Red Fort" of the royal palace of Agra, the old capital of the Mughal dynasty.
Taj Mahal
Mughal’s palace has been hidden for nearly a hundred years.
The "Mountain of Light" has been hiding in the Mughal's palace for nearly a hundred years. In 1738, the Mughal capital Delhi was in the hands of the Persian Nadir Shah, but Nadir Shah turned Delhi over and could not find the diamond he had long coveted.
A nephew of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah secretly told Nadir that the emperor hid his most precious things in the headscarf of the head. Nadir, who is very familiar with ancient etiquette, immediately proposed an exchange of headscarf to Muhammad to express the serious attitude and mutual willingness of the two sides. Muhammad, who lost the city, had no choice but to remove the headscarf on the spot.
That night, Nadir opened the headscarf and saw the big diamond lying inside. When he lifted the diamond over his head, a colorful light cut through the night sky. Nadir couldn't help but blurt out: "Ke-I-Nor-Er!", the name of "Mountain of Light" was called from now on.
"Mountain of Light" left India
Nadir returned to Isfahan with the "Mountain of Light". It is said that in addition to the "Mountain of Light", Nadir also plucked another famous Indian "Shah" into Persia. After that, the city of Isfahan was never rested, and Nadir became a tyrant who did not blink, killing many innocent people. In 1747, Nadir was assassinated by the enemy while he was asleep.
After Nadir’s death, his heir, Adil, inherited the “Mountain of Light†and inherited Nadir’s cruel character. Adil’s brother dethroned Adil and he was later deposed by another brother. The Persian royal family was caught in a chain of fratricidal killings, and almost every monarch died.
"Mountain of Light" returns to India
Legend has it that when Isfahan was in chaos, the aristocrat Amathi Abeid tried to win the throne, but failed to succeed. He only grabbed a group of treasures to go east to Kandahar and became the monarch of Afghanistan. In the treasures he snatched, there were "Mountain of Light" and Tamil Ruby. However, after many twists and turns, the "Mountain of Light" returned to Lahore in India.
In Lahore, the Indian prince with the “Mountain of Light†seems to have felt that the diamond might bring bad luck to him, and took it to Punjab and dedicated it to the Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh. . Singer is known as the "Lion of Lahore". He likes this diamond very much. He often puts the diamond on the horse's back, so he can appreciate its brilliance when riding.
Dedicating a diamond to a woman
It doesn't last long. After Singh’s death, the Sikh war broke out in 1840, and the chaotic situation made Punjab bloody. When the war broke out, Dulip Singh, the sole heir to the Sikh throne, was only 9 years old and was guarded by the British. After the war, he became one of the many landowners in India.
Dulip has lived more than a hundred wives in his life, but none of his children have inherited the "Mountain of Light" diamond. This is because, despite the adulthood, Dulip has learned the bloody history of the "Mountain of Light" and fears that the same fate will come to him. Therefore, he decided to follow the ancient scriptures and dedicate the diamond to a woman, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Queen Victoria
The “Mountain of Light†has not been easy to enter the UK. Under the careful planning and arrangement of Dulip and the British Governor of India, the diamond was handed over to a messenger commissioned by the British East India Company. But this messenger was really not an acute one. The Mountain of Light spent six weeks in his vest pocket before entering the British Customs.
"Mountain of Light" is on display in London
In 1851, the mysterious mountain of light was finally exhibited at the London World Expo, allowing many ordinary people to see her true. Experts believe that the shape of this gemstone under the hands of Indian gem craftsmen is poorly flashed and not beautiful enough.
In 1852, the British court mineralist D. Tannant once again honed the diamond, making it even more beautiful, and the weight was reduced to the current 105.6 carats.
After the death of Queen Victoria, the "Mountain of Light" was placed in the crown of Queen Mary, and it has since become the main diamond in the British crown. The crown is encrusted with 2,800 diamonds, the most eye-catching of which comes from the “mountain of light†on the cross at the top of the crown.
The Mountain of Light is inlaid in the Crown of the Queen Elizabeth Queen
After the death of Queen Mary, King George VI succeeded. In 1937, George VI's wife got the diamond. On April 9, 2002, at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, at the Westminster Abbey in London, the diamond was placed on the coffin of the Queen Mother, allowing the world to once again witness the glamour of the bright mountain.
The "Mountain of Light" on the coffin of Queen Elizabeth
Where is it now?
Now, the Mountain of Light has been placed in the Tower of London for a long time, showing the wealth and status of the British monarch to the world, and silently telling its bloody past, attracting people to guess its mysterious future.
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