... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Malatesta. A little later Malatesta appeared in Paris, and almost immediately there were two at- ' tempts on the life of the Persian Shah, then in Paris. A shot at the French President followed. In Switzerland and Belgium riots attended his coming. In Germany ...

... 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. ...

... (Jazz Pierrette): Mrs A. C. Balfour (French Maid); Miss Dawbarn (Joan of Arc). The gentlemen included Mr J. M. Lowrie (Persian Shah); Mr W. D. Butler (Esquimaux); Mr D. T. Brown (Sheikh); Mr J. I). Latta (Nurse with Pram) ; Mr G. W. Plummer (Harry Lauder); ...

... 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 ...

... action successively in suppressing the Iraq revolt, in liquidating the Vichy machinations in Syria, and in bringing the Persian Shah to account. The building up of an army in the Near East, about which probably the Turks know more than we do, may have ...