... 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 ...

... 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 ...