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

... sum of nearly live thousand jx.utids in order to give them • fitting reception. We have seen an Egyptian Khedive and a Persian Shah in our capital before, the former being the grandfather and the latter the father of the present ruler and no pains were ...

... Nesr questaon, and for the rebuke Mr. Asquith informed the House he had felt obliged to adminis io P ‘ itd Russia, to the Persian Shah. The happy influences of the Berlin visit naturally re ceived their meed of praise, and we: very er Politicians in Court ...

... played by the Hindoos 5,( AS ago, and introduced into Euro) as eve pointed, from Persia, the word c he ess being from the Persian Shah. In respect to the now played, be said that a man was represe siding having, Faust-like, sold his soul to Satan, whe b ...

... and an explanation of some obscure points of etymology. He pointed out that the word checkmate was originally in Persian shah mats — The King is dead. The Indian game had been a representation of a battlefield, but in Europe it became rather ...

... India in Afghanistan, the key of the Indian Ocean must be in our caze not the land of the Afghan Enirs, but that of the Persian Shahs. The possi distract the of the Russian Govornment bility of this junction should not consequently from what is so highly ...