... century our era. There are many theories as to the origin of the name, but the word Checkmate may have derived from the Persian Shah-mat meaning the king is dead. may be that the game was known in India 3000 8.C., and that passed to Persia and came ...

... old West town of narrow winding streets are the sixteenth-century ruins of palaces built by native khans, ,mosques of Persian shahs, and ,remains of Arabic architecture. ++ Lost His Guide. VAGISTRATE: Any excuse to offer why you should have been found ...