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... 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. ...
... priceless throne of Ahmed (1604) richly encrusted with precious stones and gold Of particular interest is the throne of the Persian Shah Ismail which contains 25000 pearls Mr East told his audience that everywhere one can see the beautifully glazed porcelain ...
... innoculations hair combing and badly-needed dental attention And now he is making friends with the Williams’s cream-coloured Persian Shah also a “rescue” cat Coffee time A coffee morning will be held in the Library Caernarfon on Saturday November 13 from 10am-12 ...
... around 700 AD and spread via Persia and Arabia to Europe The words ‘chess’ and ‘checkmate’ are thought to derive from the Persian ‘shah’ (king) and ‘shah mat’ (the king is dead) The traditional chess game can take so long that pub players have developed a ...