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... the only game sanctioned by priesthoods of all beliefs. The principal piece in too game derives its name. king, from the Persian Shah, or ruler. Many men whose names have gone down to posterity, such Charlemagne, Tamerlane. Frederick the Groat. Charles ...

Published: Wednesday 19 December 1906
Newspaper: Preston Herald
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 250 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

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... grven by some authorities to Palamedes Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about 1080 B.C. The word obess is derived from the Persian shah, king’: nnd checkmate, or shahmat, means “Jang confonnded or But not but in Banscnt and other ouly in Persian Amatio languages ...

Published: Thursday 02 July 1903
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 710 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

AFTERNOON TEA TOPICS 111, Mal&

... few miles off. But usfortanatefrlar bad a wife, and so the episode fat and stale. %netsuke be was goiliAh lord and not a Persian Shah or an Indian Nabob. ...

Published: Saturday 27 September 1902
Newspaper: Formby Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 761 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Till FOWL,' or FALLING WATO

... the only game sanctioned by priesthoods of all beliefs. The principal pies in the game derives its name, king, from Use, Persian Shah, or ruler. Many men whose names bar* gone down to pmterity, such as Charlemagne. Tamerlane, I Frederick the Great, Charles ...

Published: Friday 02 November 1906
Newspaper: Heywood Advertiser
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 797 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

CHINCHILLA SHINN

... givon by some authorities to Falamedee. a Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about IMO etc. The wont chess is derived from the Persian shah. king: and cheektnste. or altahmat, means king confounded or ooveriramp. But nut only in Persian but in Sanacrit and ...

Published: Friday 14 December 1900
Newspaper: Heywood Advertiser
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1818 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ODDS AND ENDS

... invention being given some authorities Pa-lamedes, Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about D b.C- The word is derived from the Persian Shah, King Checkmate, or Shahmat, meaning King Confounded o-r overcome. England the game was played before the Norman Conquest ...

Published: Monday 14 September 1903
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3200 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

A RUSSIAN AIM

... India in Afghanistan, the key of the Indian Ocean must be in our case not the land of the Afghan Emirs, but that of the Persian Shahs. The possibility of this junction should not, consequently, distract the attention of the Russian Government from what ...

Published: Wednesday 15 January 1902
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 271 | Page: 5 | Tags: none