The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India Till the Period of Its Establishment in Western and Central Europe |
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... Persia into Arabia — Art of Blindfold Play- Chess at the Courts of the Ummiya , and ' Abbaside Caliphs - Progress of ... Persian Chess , " by D. Forbes . B. On Greek and Roman Chess , by Herbert Coleridge , Esq . i xvii • C. Description ...
... Persia into Arabia — Art of Blindfold Play- Chess at the Courts of the Ummiya , and ' Abbaside Caliphs - Progress of ... Persian Chess , " by D. Forbes . B. On Greek and Roman Chess , by Herbert Coleridge , Esq . i xvii • C. Description ...
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... Persians , the Arabians , the Irish , the 1 In honour of Semiramis , or of Zenobia . 2 " Persian Chess , " & c . , by N. Bland , Esq . , M.R.A.S. , 8vo . , p . 70 . 3 The Irish and Welsh pretensions will be noticed in the Appendix . 4 I ...
... Persians , the Arabians , the Irish , the 1 In honour of Semiramis , or of Zenobia . 2 " Persian Chess , " & c . , by N. Bland , Esq . , M.R.A.S. , 8vo . , p . 70 . 3 The Irish and Welsh pretensions will be noticed in the Appendix . 4 I ...
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... Persian several of the Hindu scientific and philosophic works with which he had become acquainted . Yea , further , Akbar and himself , by comparing the Muhammadan and Hindū the religion of the most numerous portion of his subjects ...
... Persian several of the Hindu scientific and philosophic works with which he had become acquainted . Yea , further , Akbar and himself , by comparing the Muhammadan and Hindū the religion of the most numerous portion of his subjects ...
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... Persian language . This work was then translated from the Persian into English , by Mr. Halhed , under the title of " A Code of Gentoo Laws , & c . , " and published in London , 1781 , 8vo . Shortly after the com- pletion of this task ...
... Persian language . This work was then translated from the Persian into English , by Mr. Halhed , under the title of " A Code of Gentoo Laws , & c . , " and published in London , 1781 , 8vo . Shortly after the com- pletion of this task ...
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... Persian game ? We have seen that a Pawn reaching the Elephant's square or the Knight's square , became an Elephant or Knight accord- ingly ; and as the book says nothing about the original Elephant or Knight having been previously ...
... Persian game ? We have seen that a Pawn reaching the Elephant's square or the Knight's square , became an Elephant or Knight accord- ingly ; and as the book says nothing about the original Elephant or Knight having been previously ...
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