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... 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. am* as Charlemagne, Tamerlane. Frederick the Great, Charles ...
... chess board you can make friends in the train with people without speaking their language. The name chess comes from the Persian Shah. King. and the word checkmate which ends the game, from Shah mat, meaning The King is dead. Some think it was meant for ...
... whole land of Iran has been vested in the monarch as his property. To fall short of despotism has been the worst fault of a Persian Shah, for it has invariably meant that for the rule of one tyrant has been substituted the rule of many. The private lives of ...
... 400 years ago. Start- Clark, just a mysterious custom. inq in India it went to Persia, whence comes its name—froM the Persian Shah, a king. Ikons Mrs. J. BAXTER wants us to Da s +- ant. settle a family dispute. It seems that hubby says an Where L.A ...
... UTIONS BY RUSSIA. INTRIGUES AT TEHERAN. From Our Special Correspondent. PETERSBURG, Sunday Night. The disooni between the Persian Shah and the Parliament might have occasioned serious international compilations had the Aegio- Rowan Convention not been osechaded ...
... the affairs another nation. In the present case, the rumour that Russia rs au fond unwilling to see the autocracy the Persian Shah exchanged for a limited or constitutional monarchy is entirely justified. How any other •Otitude could well be sincerely ...
... Out.--Wanderer. The sign of the Cross —by a good frown and pouted month. 2. The Geisha —by a representation of the Persian Shah highly decorated and looking very jolly. 3 A Midsummer Night's Dream - by a knight (a famous living one, if preferred) ...
... Hotspur l'ress, Whitworth litreet West, Manchester. FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1908. THE SHAH'S MASSACRE. After the Russian Czar the Persian Shah. The late Shah almost with his dying breath granted a constitution to his people, and the Persian Government took its place ...
... appropriate feature of the ceremonial season. Nor must we forget the Shah of Persia. I remember well the visit of another Persian Shah in 1873, but at that time the distinguished visitor may be said to have had the field all to himself in London, and was ...
... Sovereigns in the spirit in which they were made. They gave us counsel for counsel, as well as goods for goods. Instance the Persian Shah who, in 1626, exhorted the Christian Powers not to war against each other in the interest of the Turk, and who for the ...
... bourdiouts, or sheepskins. of petroleum a month in the first years of last century. By taxing th e sales of this oil the Persian Shah found himself a rich man. It is a technique subsequent Shahs have perfected. ONE day in 1805 Prince Tsitsianor, with a ...
... falling into their hands. It was in this district that, some four centuries ago, the Ottoman Sultan Selim defeated the Persian Shah Isniail ; but in those days Turk and Persian were able to settle their differences without the help or interference of ...