The world's largest uncut diamond - "Darya-ye Noor" in Persian means "The Sea of Light". This is the sister diamond to the world's largest cut diamond, the "Kooh-e Noor" which is its Persian name and means "The Mountain of Light". The Kooh-e Noor diamond which now sits in the London Tower, belonged once to Iran, hence its Persian name, but was looted by a certain Ahmed Beg upon the asassination of Nader Shah of Iran in 1747. Ahmed Beg took the Kooh-e Noor diamond along with other valuable jewels of the Iranian Crown Jewels and left Iran. The gem was later taken to England where the East India Company took possession of it. In 1850 it was presented to Queen Victoria. At present it is kept in the Tower of London.
Updated: 01/20/2006
Source: More Images From Iran
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