Throughout the years, the jewels have been involved in the most exciting and interesting lives and stories of past civilizations, and is currently valued and estimated as relics. Today you will discover the most interesting museum’s collection of jewels in the world.
The jewelry museum in Tehran (Capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran), is located underground in a basement of the Central Bank in Iran, which lies in front of the Turkish Embassy. It is regarded as the best collection of jewelry that has been exhibited and displayed to the world, so it has an extreme security and surveillance equipment. Here you will find jewelry, gems, necklaces of ancient times and Iran’s royal jewelry collections, legendary crowns and, without a doubt the most famous and controversial museum stone, The Rose Diamond of “Daryay-e-Un” called Mother Light, with 182 carats; it is completely natural and considered the world’s largest diamond.
Among others, we can find in the museum the crown of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; and the Tiara of Farah Diba, used in 1967 at the coronation ceremony, undoubtedly a wonder to see!
Among the security measures you should consider if you are curious enough to visit the museum, is avoiding touching the glass of the windows or the alarm will be activated immediately; you should also know that the room is shielded against possible bombings. The interesting history of this museum is that the Iranian kings gathered the jewelry during the last 25 centuries. The early history of this museum, considered to be the national treasure of Iran, goes back to the reign of the “Safavid” (1501-1736), where most samples were collected after the establishment of national and political unity of Iran, by constant conquests during the Safavid dynasty, making it the most prestigious and priceless collection of gems in the world’s
Some of these gems and jewels came from different locations, such as the precious stones extracted from the mines of Khorasan and Turkestan, in loots of war; some pearls found in the Persian Gulf sent by European countries like France and Italy as gifts to the rulers and kings. However, after the Safavid period, Afghans looted part of the royal treasure and were transported to Afghanistan, nevertheless, it was managed to win the Afghans but they only recover part of the treasure. During the reign of Shah Reza Pahlavi, and by virtue of a law passed by the Iranian Parliament on November 16, 1937, an important part of the royal treasury was transferred to the National Bank of Iran to strengthen the financial power of the entity. In January 1960, during the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, the collection was moved to the newly created Central Bank.
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