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... pedantry to disturb them ; such for instance are " Caliph , " and " Caliphate , " instead of Khalifa , and Khilafat . By rigidly following Sir William Jones's system in Oriental words and phrases , I have been enabled alto- PREFACE .
... pedantry to disturb them ; such for instance are " Caliph , " and " Caliphate , " instead of Khalifa , and Khilafat . By rigidly following Sir William Jones's system in Oriental words and phrases , I have been enabled alto- PREFACE .
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... Caliph Mu'tasīm Billāh and ' Ali Shatranji CHAPTER IX . SHATRANJ CONTINUED - Theory and Practice of the Shatranj , or Me- diæval Chess - Relative Value of the Pieces - On the Giving of Odds- Of the Five Classes of Chess Players ...
... Caliph Mu'tasīm Billāh and ' Ali Shatranji CHAPTER IX . SHATRANJ CONTINUED - Theory and Practice of the Shatranj , or Me- diæval Chess - Relative Value of the Pieces - On the Giving of Odds- Of the Five Classes of Chess Players ...
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... Caliphs - Progress of the Game towards the West CHAPTER XIII . On the Introduction of Chess into the Lower Empire by the Persians CHAPTER XIV . On the Introduction of Chess into Western Europe by the Arabs CHAPTER XV . 135 • 164 • 184 ...
... Caliphs - Progress of the Game towards the West CHAPTER XIII . On the Introduction of Chess into the Lower Empire by the Persians CHAPTER XIV . On the Introduction of Chess into Western Europe by the Arabs CHAPTER XV . 135 • 164 • 184 ...
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... Caliphs of Bagdad , had made rapid and distinguished progress in the theory and practice of the game . A physician named Abul ' Abbas , who died A.D. 899 , wrote a treatise on Chess ; and within the next half - century lived the ...
... Caliphs of Bagdad , had made rapid and distinguished progress in the theory and practice of the game . A physician named Abul ' Abbas , who died A.D. 899 , wrote a treatise on Chess ; and within the next half - century lived the ...
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... Caliph Al- M'utasim Billāh downwards . It is a curious fact , how- ever , that among the number there is not one of the author's own invention , although in his preface he boasts of having made wonderful improvements in every depart ...
... Caliph Al- M'utasim Billāh downwards . It is a curious fact , how- ever , that among the number there is not one of the author's own invention , although in his preface he boasts of having made wonderful improvements in every depart ...
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