... civilised world. It is still commonly played Asia, and the name by which ia known most languages is a corruption of the Persian Shah or King. The board upon is played similar to that for draughts, with 64 squares. Each player must have white square his ...

... Baku supplied the whole country far Bagdad, and the trade became so valuable that Armenian Emperors fought for it with Persian Shahs. Peter the Great first determined that Russia should have the benefit of the great oil deposits. He took measures for the ...

... heat it sooa acquired commercial importance. So valuable did the trade become that Armenian Emperors fought for it with Persian Shahs. The first Czar to recognise the value of the deposits was Peter the Great. Russia, he was determined, should have them ...

... Tyre, and a stone of the angelic Powers. Among the gems of the Zodiac, it belongs to the constellation Taurus. One of the Persian Shahs is said to have possessed small golden casket studded with emeralds, which, blessed by the Prophet, was supposed to render ...

... protects from enemies. This idea of THE PROTECTIVE VIRTUE OF THE DIAMOND has been common among many nations; one of the Persian Shahs wore a diamond in the hilt of his scimitar, which was supposed to render him invincible. Napoleon had _a diamond set in ...