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THE PERSIAN

... THE PERSIAN Shah and Parliam ent Conflict. The Times Teheran corre aa , that the Reactionaries, who have by 1,000 roughs fromftVeratnia, square and the vicinity of the committed un Tneeday mune se q' and looting. The Nationair i . &mag a have erected ...

Published: Wednesday 18 December 1907
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 285 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Legion of Fi

... collection with any hope of purchase, for there are sufficient gems of regal magnificence to launch an Indian Jam, or even a Persian Shah, on his regal career with all the splendour so impressive to Orientals. The treasures will be din. played at Messrs. Christie ...

Published: Thursday 11 April 1907
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 352 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Interesting Facts About Chess

... that the only gam© sanctioned bv priesthoods of all beliefs. The principal piece the game derives its name, king, from the Persian Shah, rider. Many men whose names have gone down to nostcrity. «fi Charlemagne Frederick (he Great. Charles XII.. Voltaire, ...

Published: Friday 01 February 1907
Newspaper: Jarrow Express
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 294 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TEA-TABLE TALK

... are living—the Duchess of Devonshire (then Duchess of Manchester), and the Duchess Dowager of Roxburghe. s . FROM THE PERSIAN. ¢ Shah’” is a Persian word meaning “King,” says the “* Manchester Guardian,” and from it are derived the English words * check ...

Published: Wednesday 09 January 1907
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 422 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE CZAB 8 ADVICE

... standard » the Sun, whose splendour is that of the Firmament; Monarch of Armies numerous the Stars”—thorn are the titles of Persian Shah. A BOXING LESSON. The late Shah got a good deal of amusement oat his buffoons and three dwarfs, who told him atones and ...

Published: Wednesday 09 January 1907
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 606 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE THRONE OF PERSIA

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 10 January 1907
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 533 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A TRIAL WILL PROVE T 0 YOU

... India to Persia, and passing thence to Europe, finally arrived in England from France. The name is a corruption of the Persian, ‘“‘Shah the King,”’ as is also the word check, and many of the ‘terms are Eastern. Mat or mate is a Persian word meaning dead: ...

Published: Friday 27 September 1907
Newspaper: Harrow Gazette
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1505 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HOW WE GOT TO STUTTGART

... lbs. And now Botha is anxious to seo this heavyweight adorning the British Crown, and the King of England outblazing the Persian Shah and competing in diamondiferous splendour with the Great Mogul, and the Transvaal Parliament has endorsed his proposal ...

Published: Friday 23 August 1907
Newspaper: Labour Leader
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1447 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... Sydney id their r!i tor loss nine' wicket not 31 AMERICAN SAIL THE PACIFIC at afterin the THE SHAH’S COUP D’ETAT Sundav of Persian Shah his I bice in under Shah to the itiona Lists with replv Speaker the effect the committing nstitution which I Imposition ...

Published: Wednesday 18 December 1907
Newspaper: Runcorn Guardian
County: Cheshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5434 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DZA7I!S

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 01 May 1907
Newspaper: Cheltenham Examiner
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 7267 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ALCOHOL AN D THE POOR

... delivered in the Msequl ou Fridays. are now foremost in denouncing the Sultan for the sutra , committed by hie subject. os Persian Sh.ahs. Mr. Wratisiaw. British Consta-Geteral at Tabriz. is proceeding to Errumiah in order to keep his Government informed of ...

Published: Saturday 21 September 1907
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 289 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Ti. ARIOL-JOHROTON GARS vs. ST 711 ROYAL PASTY AT GLASGOW

... and a atone of the angelic Powers. Among the gems of the Zodiac, it belongs to the constellation of Taurus. One of the Persian Shahs is said to have possessed a small golden casket studded with emeralds, which, blessed by the Prophet, was supposed to ...

Published: Saturday 04 May 1907
Newspaper: The Queen
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2120 | Page: 75 | Tags: none