Partiyal
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Partiyal (परतियाल) is a place located near Golkunda on the banks of Krishna River in Telangana. It was a site of diamond production.
Origin
Variants
- Paratiyala परतियाल, मैसूर, (AS, p.530)
History
A diamond called by name of Pitt or Regent Diamond was obtained from a mine located at this place. It was named after Thomas Pitt (5 July 1653 – 28 April 1726) of Stratford in Wiltshire and of Boconnoc in Cornwall, who was an English merchant involved in trade with India who served as President of Madras and six times as a Member of Parliament.
Pitt is best known for his purchase of a 410 carat (82 g) uncut diamond acquired from an Indian merchant named Jamchand in Madras in 1701. The merchant had purchased the diamond from an English sea captain, who had, in fact, stolen the diamond from a servant of Abul Hasan Qutb Shah. According to another version, the servant found the diamond in one of the Golkonda mines on the Krishna River and had concealed it inside a large wound in his leg, which he had suffered as he fled the Siege of Golconda. Today, "Le Régent", as it came to be known, remains in the French Royal Treasury at the Louvre, where it has been on display since 1887
परतियाल
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[1] ने लेख किया है ...परतियाल, मैसूर, (AS, p.530): कृष्णा नदी की घाटी में स्थित इस स्थान से प्राचीन समय में हीरे निकाले जाते थे. 1701 ई. में पिट या रीजेंट नामक हीरा यहां की खानों से निकाला गया था. इसका नाम इंग्लैंड के तत्कालीन मंत्री पिट के नाम पर प्रसिद्ध हुआ था. इस एरिया का भार मूलत: 410 कैरेट था जो अब कटते-छंटते केवल 137 कैरेट रह गया है. आजकल यह हीरा फ्रांस में लूवर की अपोलो-वीथिका में प्रदर्शित है. इसका मूल्य 48 सहस्त्र पाउंड कंता गया है.