... believed to have been invented in the fifth century B.C. by a Brahmin named Sissa. That the name of Chess is dertved from the Persian Shah, meaning a King. A Thought— If thou wilt thyself be borne with, bear also with another. — Thomas a Kempis. Short V erse— ...

... of the male of the species. While the term for the game's conclusion, checkmate, is believed to be a corruption of the Persian shah mat the king is dead - chess itself seems to have originated further to the east, in India, around the 6th century AD. ...

... supplied the Dutch with a prosperous trade. gladioli when she visited Brisbane. and the same flowers were flown to the Persian Shah. Crown Prince Viggo of Denmark orders daffodils, and president Sukarno of Indonesia is a regular customer. Haile Selassi ...

... the Everest Pairs Relay. Christophe Cuyer (Colbach) and Michel Robert (Horizon) won from Australian pairing Jeff McVean (Persian Shah) and Roland Fernyhough (Autocrat). ...

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