The Kohinoor: Who Really Owns the World's Most Famous Diamond?

A 10 year old boy signed it away. Britain cut away 40 percent of it. And today India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran all say it belongs to them. The Kohinoor, the "Mountain of Light", is one of the most famous diamonds on earth, and one of the most argued about. In this documentary we follow the stone from the rivers of Golconda to the Mughal Peacock Throne, through Nader Shah's raid on Delhi in 1739, the Afghan kings, Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Lahore, the Treaty of Lahore in 1849 and Queen Victoria's crown jewels in London. Then we look at the curse story and test it against the evidence. Who do you think should own the Kohinoor? Tell us in the comments. CHAPTERS 0:00 The diamond nobody can agree on 0:57 Where did it come from? 1:55 The Mughals and the Peacock Throne 2:40 Nader Shah and the name Mountain of Light 3:34 The Afghan kings 4:23 Ranjit Singh, the Lion of Punjab 5:20 A boy king and the Treaty of Lahore 6:33 Queen Victoria and the cut that shrank it 7:55 The curse: myth or evidence? 8:59 Who really owns it? 10:59 Your verdict Subscribe to Echo and Evidence for history, mysteries and myth versus evidence stories. Subscribe:    / @echoandevidence   Business enquiries: echoandevidence@gmail.com PICTURE CREDITS Photos used under Creative Commons licences: Replica of the Koh-i-Noor (Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai): photo by aiva., CC BY 2.0 Glass replica of the Koh-i-Noor in its original Mughal cut: photo by Chris 73, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Jewel House, Tower of London (2010): photo by Son of Groucho, CC BY 2.0 Lahore Fort view from Baradari: photo by Rohaan Bhatti, CC BY-SA 3.0 Historical paintings, drawings and engravings: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Scenes marked "Artistic reconstruction (AI)" were made with AI and are not historical records. Music: "The Imperial Gem", made with Flow Music. #Kohinoor #KohinoorDiamond #History #Documentary #EchoAndEvidence #MughalEmpire #RanjitSingh #NaderShah #BritishEmpire #CrownJewels #IndianHistory #PakistanHistory #Diamond #HistoryDocumentary