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... 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 ...
... friendly for some period (see James Morier's travel accounts about the Russo. Persian alliance). The writer should have said Persian Shahs of the Abbasia Dynasty and Kacharia Kings might have, etc., etc.. instead of saying the Great Moguls might have been honoured ...
... 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 ...
... taboos and caste. The Chinese Government vsed its Scouts, Cubs and Guides as instructors in public morals and manners. The Persian Shah had decreed a Guide and Scout troop in every school, hoping by their means tn help the development of the recently unveiled ...
... PROGRESSIVE PERSIAN SHAH'S ENLIVEN^ INFLUENCE TOWN ability COULD GIVE TO BRITAIN , His impressions of from a thirty years ass the country and its peop • , , to members of Aberdeen at their weekly lund■ lC ' by Mr lan Moir. Edinburgh di Mr Moir indicated ...
... Elstob was everywhere his although badly Oldsst Came H E S S probably the oldest game in the world (gets its name from the Persian shah’ king) is rising to the crest of a new wave of world popularity Amsterdam bookmakers report record business on the Dutch ...
... —Girls: 1, Daphne Parsons (Xmas Tree); 2, Sylvia Henvest (poppy); 3. Mavis Mengeham (80-Peep). Boys: 1. Tommy Mengcham (Persian Shah); 2, Jimmy Hounsome (“Will Hay”). Consolation; Iris Pratt and Daphne Cox (bride and bridegroom). Dress made from materials ...
... —Girls: 1. Daphne Parsons (Christmas Tree); 2. Sylvia Henvest (poppy); 3. Mavis Mengeham So-Peep). Soya: 1. Tommy Mengeham (Persian Shah); 2. Jimmy Houneome (Will Hay - ). Consolation: Iris Pratt and Daphne Cox (bride and bridegroom). Dress made from materials ...
... read, When His Majesty the Cat Receives in His Drawing Room.” The reason for this is that the French word for cat and the Persian Shah are pronounced in the same way, and the Government concerned thought that a pun was implied. In fact, it is of such incidents ...
... French eschecs and our • checks, from which get chess The derivation of checkmate is thought to come from the Persian shah-mat, which signifies the king is dead. T.J. ...
... reads: '“When His Majesty the Cat Receives in His Drawing Room.” The reason for this is that the French word for cat and the Persian Shah are pronounced in the same way, and the Government concerned thought that a pun was implied. In fact it is of such incidents ...