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... holds a post granted by royalty. 3, Sisley. Surrey. 4, Max Beerbohm ( Zulelka Dobson ). a, 'Chem Is anglicised fern Persian shah. =easing king. A red her- iiiii (culinary yoke, like Welsh rabbll). Making the grade easier than ...

Published: Saturday 19 August 1972
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 577 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

JUNIORBICLUB

... know the name chess 18 gerived from the Persian word ‘ . meaning king. And we know that ‘checkmate’ is derived from the Persian ‘shah mat’, meaning the king is dead. But did the Persians invent chess ? No one knows for sure. shah The fact is, the origin ...

Published: Friday 08 March 1974
Newspaper: Ripon Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 434 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

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... We know the name “chess derived from the Persian wo ‘shah’, meaning king. And know that ‘checkmate’ is dern from the Persian ‘shah ma meaning the king is dead. But ¢ the Persians invent chess? No o knows for sure. The fact is, the origin of che has been ...

Published: Friday 08 March 1974
Newspaper: Ripon Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 406 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

1 SUNDAY PAVILION T ROCK CONCERTS EVERY SUNDAY Sunday 14th July BRINSLEY SCHWARZ DAVE EDMUNDS DREW COMPANY Open ..

... rid rubbish and putting of rubbish in place £150000 for a Persian portrait Iranian Mehdi £150000 at London mid- from a Persian Shah II portrait was sent for Basset Wiltshire Arnold -Forster made price in a sale of oriental and A private for of of same ...

COUNTRY LIFE-AUGUST 28, 1975 SUPPLEMENT-5 6 Arlington Street, St James's SWIA IRB Telex 25341 01 • 493 8222 ..

... Morphy a nd Sta unton to F ischcr and Spas ky. l did not know, although it is obvious, that Check-mate derives from the Persian, Shah-mat, meaning the King Anyone who plays t his is dead. Anyone who plays t his game, however badly, will probably enjoy, ...

Published: Thursday 28 August 1975
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 24795 | Page: 79 | Tags: none

once again, that Augusta Leigh was in no po ition to stand up against Annabella's persistent pressure. ..

... Morphy a nd Sta unton to F ischcr and Spas ky. l did not know, although it is obvious, that Check-mate derives from the Persian, Shah-mat, meaning the King Anyone who plays t his is dead. Anyone who plays t his game, however badly, will probably enjoy, ...

Published: Thursday 28 August 1975
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3754 | Page: 73 | Tags: none

• DID YOU KNOW ?

... • DID YOU KNOW ? The word checkmate in chess derives froth the Persian shah met, which means the king is dead. ...

Published: Saturday 03 January 1976
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 24 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Sunday Mercury Dcmb' II 1 977 17 TOWN & COUNTRY THE MAN -up the of country- Now it lie didn’t

... for the Earl of being hinged so only woman to take Lonsdale and purple half be opened to faci- vows in the Church for the Persian Shah white litate defence I learned England Reforma-' for the Imperial footmen where gabled - brown years there is no tiom Germany ...

Published: Sunday 11 December 1977
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1212 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

GOLF

... Edgar); 2. Hydrophone Coldstream (D. Ricketts); 3, jungle Bunny (L Dunninal: Embassy Stakes:' 1. Carousel (H. Para. Fra): 2. Persian Shah (J. MeVean. Aus); 3. Fieldmaster (Miss C. Bradley). SPEEDWAY DUREX SECOND TEST (Swindon) —England 6'7 (M. Lee 16. D. Jessup ...

Published: Saturday 28 July 1979
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 637 | Page: 27 | Tags: none

Brassington for Glouces-ire victory original Test Old droppi Still his own tinning summer NIGEL :P -old ..

... 456 secs: 4 Funest (H Nooren Hoi-land) 4 faults 421 secs The Embassy Stakes: Carousel ( H Parot France) clear 651 secs 2 Persian Shah (J McVean Aus) clear 689 secs Fleldmaster (Mlsa Bradley) clear secs Lasko Floxo at last Eccles back Stephen Eccles returns ...

Published: Saturday 28 July 1979
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: | Words: 3630 | Page: 17 | Tags: none