 My enquiries teach me that in this instance also a name has been formed from a quality ; and that in modern Persian rookh means facing or bearing in a direct line ; and applied to the rookh at chess, and its moves, is very appropriate ; at the same time...  The Chess Player's Chronicle - Page 2541846Full view - About this book
 | Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - Asia - 1808 - 600 pages
...in the modern Persian language, for in all the passages extracted from Ferdausi and Jami where Rokh is conceived to mean a hero, or a fabulous bird, it...signifies, I believe, no more than a cheek or face." — My enquiries teach me that in this instance also a name has been formed from a quality; and that in modern... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 694 pages
...in the modem Persian language, for in all the passages extracted from Ferdausi and Jam! where rokh is conceived to mean a hero, or a fabulous bird, it signifies perhaps no more than a cheek or face." — All our inquiries teach us that in this instance also a... | |
 | Duncan Forbes - Chess - 1860 - 398 pages
...modern Persian language ; for, in all the passages extracted from Firdausi and Jaini, where Rukh (d) is conceived to mean a hero or a fabulous bird, it signifies, I believe, no more than a cheek or a face ; as in the following description of a procession in Egypt : — " When a thousand youths, like... | |
 | British - 1875 - 528 pages
...the modern Persian language ; for, in all the passages extracted from Firdausi and Jami, where rokh is conceived to mean a hero or a fabulous bird, it signifies. I believe, no more than a cheek or a face ; as in the following description of .1 procession in Egypt:—" When a thousand youths, like... | |
 | Aungervyle society - 1884 - 474 pages
...in the modern Persian language, for in all the passages extracted from Ferdansi and Jann where Rokh is conceived to mean a hero, or a fabulous bird, it...signifies, I believe, no more than a cheek or face." My enquiries teach me that in this instance also a name has been formed from a quality ; and that in modern... | |
 | Michael J. Franklin - History - 2000 - 544 pages
...Persian language ; for, in all the passages extracted from Firdausi and Jami, wheie rokh is con. ceived to mean a hero or a fabulous bird, it signifies, I believe, no more than a cheek or a face ; as in the following description of a procession in Egypt:— " When a thousand youths, like... | |
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