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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... Court of Directors of the East - India Company . On six sheets - Size , 5ft . 6in . high ; 5ft . Sin . wide ; £ 2 ; or , on cloth , in a case , £ 2 12s . 6d .; or with rollers & varnished , £ 3 3s . A GENERAL MAP OF INDIA ; Compiled ...
... Court of Directors of the East - India Company . On six sheets - Size , 5ft . 6in . high ; 5ft . Sin . wide ; £ 2 ; or , on cloth , in a case , £ 2 12s . 6d .; or with rollers & varnished , £ 3 3s . A GENERAL MAP OF INDIA ; Compiled ...
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... Courts of the Ummiya , and ' Abbaside 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 ...
... Courts of the Ummiya , and ' Abbaside 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 ...
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... court . He also translated from Sanskrit into 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 ...
... court . He also translated from Sanskrit into 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 ...
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... Court of Chosroes , may have been known to so inquisitive and distinguished a man as Sergius ? During this period , when there existed such a close intercourse be- tween the two courts , may not the game have reached Byzantium even ...
... Court of Chosroes , may have been known to so inquisitive and distinguished a man as Sergius ? During this period , when there existed such a close intercourse be- tween the two courts , may not the game have reached Byzantium even ...
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... courts , and then he ordered the costly presents sent by his Sovereign to be displayed before the Royal assembly . First of all , in front of the gate , stood the train of elephants , each furnished with a gorgeous canopy overlaid with ...
... courts , and then he ordered the costly presents sent by his Sovereign to be displayed before the Royal assembly . First of all , in front of the gate , stood the train of elephants , each furnished with a gorgeous canopy overlaid with ...
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