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... 1 Baytown Willow 11-1 (Gates) . 010 f Newton Beauty 11-1 (L Dale) .. 1 Mary Barr 11-1 (Bartholomew) . 0 Persian Shah 10-10 (Beadeil) .. The Hare 10-10 (Kerr) 00, p Silken Mist 10-10 (M Rowland) . Perfect Peach 10-10 (H Price) ...

Published: Wednesday 23 November 1966
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

AL Drief

... 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. ...

Published: Sunday 20 September 1992
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 201 | Page: 52 | Tags: none

PANTOMIME

... 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 ...

Published: Monday 16 January 1939
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 224 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

■ World chess champion Gary ICasparov, right, with fellow Soviet Antoly Karpov, who until last year held the ..

... the Persian word shah, or king, still in use. In fact, the final cry of the game's winner, checkmate! is really the Persian Shah mat The king is dead. The record for the longest completed game of all time is thought to be that between two Russians ...

Published: Tuesday 05 August 1986
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 386 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The Oldest Pastime

... the only game sanctioned by priesthoods of all beliefs. The principal piece in the game derives its name, king, from the Persian Shah, or ruler. Many men whose names have gone down to posterity, such as Charlemagne, Tamerlane, Frederick the Great, Charles ...

Published: Saturday 15 September 1906
Newspaper: Toronto Saturday Night
County: Ontario, Canada
Type: Article | Words: 203 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

KING FEISAL OF IRAQ: 1921--1933

... mngnetism, Feisal did much to strengthen his country's relations with neighbouring States. In April, 1932, he visited the Persian Shah at Teheran PEACE BY ARBITRATION The historic meeting of King Feisal and King Ibn Saud on board H.M.S. Lupin in Febru ary ...

Published: Saturday 16 September 1933
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 285 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

GERMANY

... the Porte The nominal supremacy of the Sultan, however, is to be acknowledged—a barren honour indeed. It is said that the Persian Shah has offered to assist the Sultan against the Egyptians. But this would be no great help. ...

Published: Sunday 17 February 1833
Newspaper: Weekly True Sun
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 232 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SHOW JUMPING

... 7; 3, Sanyo Super Cell (Harvey Smith) 0, 42-8. Texaco Accumulator: L Mikneil (Guy Creighton, Aust) 36 pts, 42.7 secs; 2, Persian Shah (Michael Mac) 36, 44.9; 3, Rossmore (Fred Welch) 36, 45.4 TO NIGH 'S SOCCER FOURTH DIVISION Brad City r Hereford (7.30) ...

Published: Friday 15 May 1981
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 213 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

THE SHAH

... THE SHAH SPECULATION centres on the Persian Shah. What influet. , e has he on the people? How do the Persians regard their traditional rulers? We kno . v i the exploits of Darius and Xerxes and the Persian norcies who once threatened Athens. These Persian ...

Published: Saturday 29 August 1953
Newspaper: Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 217 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Seraglio Treasures: Jewelled Thrones from the Turkish Sultans' Palaces Now Collected into a Museum

... THRONE IN THE OLD SERAGLIO _ ________ THE THRONE OF A MILLION PEARLS THE PEARL-STUDDED SEAT OF ISMAIL, A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PERSIAN SHAH. A WONDERFUL RELIC OF OLD INDIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP WAS BROUGHT BACK BY THE CONQUEROR SULTAN, SELIM. IT IS IN THE FORMER IMPERIAL ...

Published: Saturday 04 June 1927
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 314 | Page: 35 | Tags: Photographs 

STINC BOX OF TIE PERSIAN SIAM

... BONG BOX OF THE PERSIAN SHAH Maltimillienaires might do well to build strong boxes like that of the Shah of Persia— a small room, twenty feet by fourteen, reached by mm et at 35,000,000 carpets, lie jewels valued the Kaianian crown, shaped liko ko 2 dower ...

Published: Saturday 07 April 1906
Newspaper: Dublin Evening Mail
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 277 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

SHARP REPLY TO DECREE

... SHARP REPLY TO DECREE. RUSSIA NOTIFIES POWERS SHE WON’T INTERFERE. [BEVTER’e TRLEGRAMS.] Yeater.day morning the Young Persian Shah was conducted to Sultanababad Palace and there formally acquainted bis accession, ft is believed will be sent abroad to ...