... it only game sanctioned by priesthoods of all beliefs. The principal piece in the game derives its name, king, from tbs Persian Shah, or ruler. Many men, wboM names have gone down posterity, such as Charlemagne. Tamerlane, Frederick the Great, Charles ...

... alone are valued at more than 30 million pounds. In one of the mausoleums of the town there is a sword for which the former Persian Shah offered 5,500 Turkish liras. All these objects, however, are sacred and must not be sold. Enormous quantities of curtains ...

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... by some authorities to Palamedes, a Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about 1(180 a.r. The word chews is derived from the Persian shah, king; and checkmate, or shahmat, means king eonfounded or everts - mfg. . But not only in Persian, but in Fninacrit ...