Darya-ye Noor diamond

E344660

crown jewel diamond historical artifact pink diamond

The Darya-ye Noor diamond is a famed, pale pink Persian diamond of exceptional size and historical significance, long associated with the Iranian crown jewels.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Darya-i-Noor diamond	4
Darya-i-Noor diamond (historical trade region)	1
Darya-i-Noor diamond taken by Nader Shah	1
Darya-ye Noor diamond canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3264043 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Darya-ye Noor diamond
Context triple: [Nader Shah, tookFromDelhi, Darya-ye Noor diamond]

A. Koh-i-Noor diamond
The Koh-i-Noor diamond is a historically famous and controversial large colorless diamond of Indian origin that has passed through various royal hands and now resides in the British royal regalia.
B. Hope Diamond
The Hope Diamond is a famous deep-blue, 45.52-carat diamond renowned for its size, rare color, storied history, and legends of a curse.
C. Regent Diamond
The Regent Diamond is a famed 140.64-carat Indian diamond renowned for its exceptional clarity and long association with French royalty and the French Crown Jewels.
D. Star of India sapphire
The Star of India sapphire is one of the world’s largest and most famous star sapphires, renowned for its striking asterism and pale blue color.
E. Cullinan II
Cullinan II is a large, cushion-cut diamond from the famed Cullinan diamond, prominently set in the British Imperial State Crown as one of its principal stones.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Darya-ye Noor diamond
Target entity description: The Darya-ye Noor diamond is a famed, pale pink Persian diamond of exceptional size and historical significance, long associated with the Iranian crown jewels.

A. Koh-i-Noor diamond
The Koh-i-Noor diamond is a historically famous and controversial large colorless diamond of Indian origin that has passed through various royal hands and now resides in the British royal regalia.
B. Hope Diamond
The Hope Diamond is a famous deep-blue, 45.52-carat diamond renowned for its size, rare color, storied history, and legends of a curse.
C. Regent Diamond
The Regent Diamond is a famed 140.64-carat Indian diamond renowned for its exceptional clarity and long association with French royalty and the French Crown Jewels.
D. Star of India sapphire
The Star of India sapphire is one of the world’s largest and most famous star sapphires, renowned for its striking asterism and pale blue color.
E. Cullinan II
Cullinan II is a large, cushion-cut diamond from the famed Cullinan diamond, prominently set in the British Imperial State Crown as one of its principal stones.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crown jewel ⓘ diamond ⓘ historical artifact ⓘ pink diamond ⓘ
associatedWith	Iranian monarchy ⓘ linked to: Iranian dynasties Koh-i-Noor diamond ⓘ Nader Shah Afshar ⓘ linked to: Nader Shah Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ Persian Empire ⓘ linked to: Persia Qajar dynasty ⓘ linked to: Qajar Iran Treasury of National Jewels (Iran) ⓘ linked to: Iranian Crown Jewels
clarity	high clarity ⓘ
color	pale pink ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of Iranian national heritage ⓘ symbol of royal authority in Iran ⓘ
cut	table cut ⓘ
displayedAt	Central Bank of Iran Treasury of National Jewels ⓘ linked to: Central Bank of Iran
famousFor	historical significance ⓘ large size ⓘ pale pink color ⓘ
gemologicalClassification	fancy light pink diamond ⓘ
gemType	Type IIa diamond ⓘ
historicalOwner	Afsharid dynasty ⓘ linked to: Afsharid Empire Mughal Empire ⓘ linked to: Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) Nader Shah Afshar ⓘ linked to: Nader Shah Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ Qajar dynasty ⓘ linked to: Qajar Iran
languageOfName	Persian ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ linked to: Central Bank of Iran Iran ⓘ Tehran ⓘ
mass	approximately 182 carats ⓘ
material	carbon ⓘ
nameMeaning	Sea of Light ⓘ
notableFeature	one of the largest known cut diamonds ⓘ one of the largest known pink diamonds ⓘ
origin	Golconda mines ⓘ linked to: Golconda India ⓘ
partOf	Iranian Crown Jewels ⓘ Iranian National Jewels collection ⓘ linked to: Iranian Crown Jewels
publicAccess	occasionally displayed to the public ⓘ
security	kept in high-security vault ⓘ
shape	table-cut ⓘ
usedAs	state regalia ⓘ
value	considered priceless ⓘ

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