Nur-Ul-Ain is the most important whitish pink diamond of the crown made for Empress Farah’s wedding ceremony to the Shah of Iran; Moahammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1958 is planned by Harry Winston and mined at Golconda in Hyderabad, India. It is one of the biggest pink diamonds present in the world today, of course subsequent to the Darya-ye Noor. These two for the largest part are distinguished diamonds in the midst of the Iranian tiara gems.

Nur-Ul-Ain in Persian and Arabic languages means the radiance of the eye.

This diamond is supposed to have been brought all along with Darya-ye Noor from India. The Nur-Ul-Ain is an egg-shaped radiant cut weighing more or less 60 carats. Nur-ul Ain is a category IIa diamond. The crown that contains Nur-Ul-Ain in addition has 324 diamonds studded on it.

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