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Anita Arnott

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
231 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

And passed it up the drain.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

Yeah, that's what he did.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

But also, but it was conflated with other things.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

So some people thought, you know, they might have been describing the Orlov diamond and calling it the Koh-i-Noor or some other German calling it the Koh-i-Noor.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

But this one is actually called Koh-i-Noor.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

Now, just to remind you, Koh-i-Noor means mountain of light.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

That is the translation of the word in Persian.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

And so that first time where it's written down by Marvi as Koh-i-Noor, and he describes it as being on top of the peacock throne.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

Now, the peacock throne is not, as you might imagine it, a large chair replete with gems and diamonds.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

It's more an ice cream kiosk of an edifice.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

It is the most blingy thing you've ever seen.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

It's encrusted in all of the best jewels.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

It is replete with the very best gems that the moguls have.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

And Marvy talks about these peacocks at the top of the kiosk, at the top of the throne.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

And one of its heads is the mountain of light.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

But it wasn't, Willie, the diamonds that we put in rings these days, they looked very different then.

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

Can you sort of describe what it would have looked like in that era?

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

But when he got his hands on the Koh-i-Noor diamond willy, did it make him happy?

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

Was he a happy man having claimed this?

Empire: World History
Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

God, it's so bad.