Kiani Crown

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Kiani Crown
Replica of Kiani Crown
Details
CountryIran
Made1796
MaterialGold, silver
CapRed Velvet
Notable stonesPearl, diamond
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar wearing the Kayanid Crown, One of 274 Vintage Photographs. Brooklyn Museum.

The Kiani Crown (

Sasanian shahs (224–651) and mythological Kiyani shahs.[1]

The

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Reza Shah, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty, had his own Pahlavi Crown designed, but the Kiani Crown was present during his coronation in 1926.

Avestan
kavi (or kauui) "king" and also "poet-sacrificer" or "poet-priest".

See also

References

  1. ^ Daryaee 2016, p. 42.

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