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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Page 59
... reign of Timur or somewhat later ; for he gives in his work eighteen problems ( of which some will appear hereafter , ) which occurred in actual play to " Khwaja ' Ali Shatranji , " the Philidor of Timur's Court . This anonymous author ...
... reign of Timur or somewhat later ; for he gives in his work eighteen problems ( of which some will appear hereafter , ) which occurred in actual play to " Khwaja ' Ali Shatranji , " the Philidor of Timur's Court . This anonymous author ...
Page 151
... reign of Timur . One thing , however , is obvious , and that is , as his style clearly shews , that Persian was not his native language . I consider him to have been a renegade Jew , for his idiom and mode of expression are altogether ...
... reign of Timur . One thing , however , is obvious , and that is , as his style clearly shews , that Persian was not his native language . I consider him to have been a renegade Jew , for his idiom and mode of expression are altogether ...
Page 157
... reign of Timur , says , " Among the Chess - players were Muhammad Bin ' Akil al Khimi , and Zain of Yazd ; but besides these two , the most distin- guished in this science was ' Alāu - l - Din , of Tabriz ( com- monly called ' Ali al ...
... reign of Timur , says , " Among the Chess - players were Muhammad Bin ' Akil al Khimi , and Zain of Yazd ; but besides these two , the most distin- guished in this science was ' Alāu - l - Din , of Tabriz ( com- monly called ' Ali al ...
Page 164
... reign of Naushirawan , about the middle of the sixth century , we proceed to trace its further progress to the westward . We cannot determine the precise year , or even decen- nium , when the Indian embassy arrived at the Persian Court ...
... reign of Naushirawan , about the middle of the sixth century , we proceed to trace its further progress to the westward . We cannot determine the precise year , or even decen- nium , when the Indian embassy arrived at the Persian Court ...
Page 167
... reign of Khosru Nushirwan . Hence the Mohammedan doctors infer that the game was disapproved only for the sake of the images : wherefore the Sonnites always play with plain pieces of wood or ivory ; but the Persians and Indians , who ...
... reign of Khosru Nushirwan . Hence the Mohammedan doctors infer that the game was disapproved only for the sake of the images : wherefore the Sonnites always play with plain pieces of wood or ivory ; but the Persians and Indians , who ...
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