... creation. There seems to be no doubt that it came to Europe from the East, and way of Persia. The word chess comes from the Persian shah, meaning king, and shah mat (checkmate), the king is dead. First Tournament. At the beginning of the last century ...

... 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 ...

... DEATH OF PERSIAN SHAH'S UNCLE. It is learned (says Reuler) that His Imperial Highness, Choaos Saltaneh, uncle of the Shah of Persia, died last Friday in Teheran. ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...