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Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Gemstone
Object Material(s): diamond, gemstones
Provenience Nation: India
Provenience Location: Golconda Mines, Andhra Pradesh, India
Year Removed from Findspot: 1300 (approximate)

Provenance
Start Year: 1849
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: surrendered following Second Anglo-Sikh war
Nation: United Kingdom
Location: Tower of London (possession of British Royal Family), UK
Start Year: 1813
End Year: 1849
Circumstance of Acquisition: "gifted" for allowing Shah Shuja Durrani refuge
Nation:
Location: Signh dynasty (Sikh empire, present day Pakistan, India)
Start Year: 1740 (approximate)
End Year: 1813
Circumstance of Acquisition: spoils of war
Nation:
Location: Afsharid dynasty (present day Pakistan, Afghanistan)
Start Year: 1600 (approximate)
End Year: 1740 (approximate)
Circumstance of Acquisition: spoils of war
Nation:
Location: Mughal dynasty (present day India)
Start Year: 1310 (approximate)
End Year: 1600 (approximate)
Circumstance of Acquisition: possibly looted
Nation:
Location: Delhi Sultanate (present day India)
Start Year: 1300 (approximate)
End Year: 1310 (approximate)
Circumstance of Acquisition: unknown
Nation:
Location: Kakatiya dynasty (present day India)

Indian Koh-i-Noor Diamond


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Case Status: Object(s) not relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1947
Year Claim Resolved: 2016
Means of Resolution: Inquiry/Demand

Complainant Name: Government of India
Complainant Nation: India
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Government
Respondent Nation: United Kingdom
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Government

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Editor: Eliza Rodi