 | English literature - 1792 - 546 pages
...it was changed by the old Porfían» into Chatrang 5 but the Arabs, \vho foon after touk pollefllon of their country, had neither the initial nor final letter of that word in their alphabet, and confequentlv altered it further into Shatrani, which found its way prefemly into ihe modern Perlian,... | |
 | Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - Asia - 1801 - 540 pages
...word, it was changed by the old Perfians into Chatrang ; but the Arabs, who foon after took pofleffion of their country, had neither the initial nor final letter of that word in their alphabet, and confequently altered it further into Shatranj, which found its way prefently into the modern Perjian,... | |
 | William Jones - 1807 - 468 pages
...word, it was changed by the old Perftans into Chatrang, but the Arabs, who foon after took pofleffion of their country, had neither the initial nor final letter of that word in their alphabet, and confequently altered it further into S&atranj, which found its way prefently into the modern Perjian,... | |
 | 1837 - 1822 pages
...natural corruption of the pure Sanscrit word, I it was changed by the old Persians into rfiatrang; but the Arabs, who soon after took possession of their country, had neither the initial nor the final letter of that word in their alphabet, and consequently altered it further into shatranj^... | |
 | 1837
...a natural corruption of the pure Sanscrit word, it was changed by the old Persians into chalrang ; but the Arabs, who soon after took possession of their country, had neither the initial nor the final letter of that word in their alphabet, and consequently altered it further into shatranj,.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1837 - 1040 pages
...corruption of the pure Sanscrit word, it was changed by the old Persians into chatrang ; but the Avabs, who soon after took possession of their country, had neither the initial nor the final letter of that word in their alphabet, and consequently altered it further into shatranj,... | |
 | Chess - 1841 - 468 pages
...a natural corruption of the pure Shanscrit word, it was changed by the old Persians into Chatrang ; but the Arabs, who soon after took possession of their...alphabet, and consequently altered it further into Shatranj, which found its way presently into modern Persian, and at length into the dialects of India,... | |
 | Periodicals - 1841 - 282 pages
...by a natural corruption of the pure Sanscrit word, it was changed by the old Persians into Chatrang; but the Arabs, who soon after took possession of their country, had neither the initial or final letter of that word in their alphabet, and consequently altered it further into Shatranj,... | |
 | 1841 - 536 pages
...Chatrang; but the Arabs, who soon after took possession of their country, had neither the initial or final letter of that word in their alphabet, and consequently altered it further into Shatranj, which soon found its way into modern Persian, and at length into the dialects of India, where... | |
 | Chess - 1842 - 426 pages
...a natural corruption of the pure Sanscrit word, it was changed, by the old Persians, into CAairang; but the Arabs, who soon after took possession of their...word in their alphabet, and consequently altered it farther into Shatranj, which found its way presently into the modern Persian, and at length into the... | |
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Shatranj, which found its way presently into the modern Persian, and at length into the dialects of India, where the true derivation of the name is known only to the learned. 
