Curse of the Koh-I-Noor Diamond

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Zach Cornwell

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

The infamous Koh-I-Noor diamond currently sits in the Tower of London among the crown jewels of the British monarchy, but its bloody, eon-spanning journey began in the riverbeds of ancient India. Cut, coveted, and stolen multiple times over, this is the story of the world’s most controversial gem. Told through a series of five chapters, we will look at some of the diamond’s most consequential owners, and how it shaped (or destroyed) their lives. SOURCES: Dalrymple, William; Anand, Anita. Kohinoor: The Story of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond. 2016. Tharoor, Shashi. Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India. 2017. Axworthy, Michael. Sword of Persia: Nader Shah. 2006. Singh, Patwand; M. Rai, Jyoti. Empire of the Sikhs: The Life and Times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. 2008. Atwal, Priya. Royals and Rebels: The Rise & Fall of the Sikh Empire. 2020. Eraly, Abraham. The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India’s Great Emperors. 2004. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Conflicted, the history podcast where we talk about the struggles that
0:04.8	shaped us, the tough questions that they pose and why we should care about any of it.
0:09.6	Conflicted is a member of the Evergreen Podcast Network, and as always, I'm your host,
0:14.1	Zach Cornwell. So just a housekeeping item before we jump into today's topic, so at long
0:20.0	last, after months and months of me doing this,
0:22.6	the show finally has a Patreon. And to be totally honest, I've been putting it off for a while,
0:27.7	mostly because I'm just inherently uncomfortable with asking people for stuff, but lots of you
0:32.5	have reached out asking how to support the show. So I figured it was time. If you'd like to support what I'm
0:37.9	doing on Conflicted with a couple bucks a month, I would be absolutely honored. Seriously, the fact
0:43.5	that so many of you tune in every month to hear me ramble is reward enough, but a little extra
0:48.1	change will help me make more content, refine the show even further, and just create a better
0:53.1	podcast for you in general.
0:55.2	So if that sounds like something you're into, head over to patreon.com slash conflicted history
1:00.6	podcast.
1:01.8	Once again, that's patreon.com slash conflicted history podcast.
1:07.5	All right, now that that shameless promotion is out of the way, let's actually jump in.
1:11.9	I am very excited about today's episode because it's taking us to a part of the world
1:16.3	we haven't really explored yet on conflicted.
1:19.5	It is a place that is so old, so multifaceted, and so saturated and complex history
1:25.7	that you could spend an entire lifetime studying it and still just barely scratched the surface.
1:31.1	Today, we are going to India, the vast subcontinent that hundreds of languages,
1:37.5	dozens of religions, and thousands of years of incredible history call home.
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