What's interesting is that a lot of writing about the Koohinoor diamond starts with it in Mogul possession. However, that is only half the story. It was actua

What's interesting is that a lot of writing about the Koohinoor diamond starts with it in Mogul possession. However, that is only half the story. It was actually mined in southern India, in what is today Andhra Pradesh. Then, it was in the possession of the Kakatiya dynasty who ruled that part of India. Then, the Kalji dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, invaded south India, and ended up receiving that diamond as tribute. Then later, Babur, the founder of the Mogul dynasty, received it as tribute after defeating the Delhi Sultanate at the Battle of Paniput.