The Great Table was a large pink diamond that had been studded in the throne of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. It has been described in the book of the French jeweller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in 1642, who gave it its name ("Diamanta Grande Table").
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Great_Table_Drawing_By_Tavernier.jpg/220px-Great_Table_Drawing_By_Tavernier.jpg)
The diamond was plundered by Nader Shah during his invasion of India in 1739 and disappeared after his assassination.
In 1965, a Canadian team from the Royal Ontario Museum conducting research on the Iranian Crown Jewels concluded that the larger Daria-i-Noor and the smaller Noor-ul-Ain 60 carats (12 g) may well have been part of the Great Table.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Great Table Diamond, gem, Britannica.com
- A. Malecka, "The Mystery of the Nur al-Ayn Diamond", Gems & Jewellery: The Gemmological Association of Great Britain, volume 23 (7), August/September 2014, pp. 20-22 https://issuu.com/jeweller/docs/jeweller_g_j__sept_2014_/58
- A. Malecka, "Darya-ye Nur: History and Myth of a Crown Jewel of Iran", Iranian Studies vol. 51 (2018), https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00210862.2017.1362952
External links
edit- Great Table Archived 8 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, By Scott Sucher, Museum Diamonds