The CURSED Diamond That Destroyed Empires

Описание: Kohinoor - It means Mountain of Light.. but anyone who owned it invited darkness into their lives. And yet over the centuries, empires have clashed over it. Kings marched armies across continents to possess it. And ordinary folk? They coveted just a glimpse of it. It passed from king to king not through inheritance, but through conquest. It moved between dynasties as part of ransoms, and forced emperors into peace treaties. Those who believed they had finally secured it soon lost their thrones, their kingdoms, or even worse… their lives. Today the Kohinoor rests inside the British crown, but no British king has ever dared to wear it, only queens are said to be immune from the diamond’s curse. This is the story of the most famous diamond in the world. This is the story of The Kohinoor…

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Chapters:

0:00 The Brutal Past of The Kohinoor
1:02 British Takeover & The Curse of The Kohinoor
02:00 Kakatiya & Khilji Era
03:31 Delhi Sultanate & Mughals
05:46 Mughal Era & Nader Shah
07:14 Durrani & Sikh Empires
09:20 Kohinoor Now
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