The Expensive Diamond Koh I Noor

History Of Diamond

Historical confirmation put forward that the Kohinoor created in the Guntur district of Kakatiya kingdom, in what is at the present the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, one of the world's initial diamond manufacturing regions.The Koh-i-Noor diamond originally weighed 186 carats, when the stone was in India, Persia and Afghanistan, but, subsequently after the stone was surrendered to the British, and became part of the British Crown Jewels; the stone was re-cut to an oval stellar brilliant, weighing 108.93 carats,with a resultant loss of almost 43 % of its original weight. The diamond is a D-color diamond with exceptionl clarity, characteristic of stones originating from the Indian sub-continent.

The diamond was mined in the Kollur mines close to the township Kollur in the here day Guntur area of Andhra Pradesh. The diamond became the possessions of Kakatiya kings. The Khilji house at Delhi ruined in 1320 AD. As well as Ghiyas ud din Tughluq Shah I come up the Delhi throne. Tughlaq sent his commandant Udgal Khan in 1323 to overcome the Kakatiya king Prataparudra. Ulugh Khan’s raid was disgusted other than him return in a month with a better and unwavering army.