Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Noor-ol-Ain Tiara



Photos (clockwise from top left): Empress Farah Pahlavi; tiara detail; Empress Farah Pahlavi




You know you're an empress when you get to wear one of the largest pink diamonds in the world, the sixty-carat Noor-ol-Ain, in your wedding tiara. Such was the luck of Farah Diba, the last empress of Iran, at her wedding to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.



The Noor-ol-Ain was found in an Indian

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