SHOW JUMPING

... SHOW JUMPING John Player Top Score: 1, Persian Shah (J. McVean, Aust) 960, 61.2 secs; 2, Sanyo Music Centre (H. Smith, GB) 950. 64.2; 3, Jet Lag (N. Skelton, GB) 900, 60.8: 4. Kingsbridge (T. Monson, Ire) 900. 61.0; 5, Makedo (L. Edgar, GB) 900, 62.1; ...

Published: Friday 10 August 1979
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 54 | Page: 27 | Tags: none

THE SULTANS JEWELLED THRONES NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC GAZE. MADE WITH GOLD SHEETING AND ENCRUSTED WITH THOUSANDS ..

... THRONES NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC GAZE. MADE WITH GOLD SHEETING AND ENCRUSTED WITH THOUSANDS OF PEARLS ; THE THRONE OF THE PERSIAN SHAH ISMAIL, CAPTURED BY SULTAN SELIM OF TURKEY AT ISPAHAN—INDIAN WORK OF THE EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY. v' THE THRONE OF SHAH ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1927
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 82 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

RUSSIA AND MERV

... The latter road would, no doubt, be the more eligible of the two, but would require the permission and concurrence of the Persian Shah. Negotiations opened at Teheran have produced no very palpable results. ...

Published: Tuesday 23 September 1879
Newspaper: London Evening Standard
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 86 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

RUSSIA AND MERV

... The latter road would, no doubt, be the more eligible of the two, but would roquire the permission and concurrence of the Persian Shah. Negotiations opened at Teheran have produced no very palpable results. ...

Published: Tuesday 23 September 1879
Newspaper: London Evening Standard
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 85 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FAMINE FUNDS

... permission of Colonel Q. T. BRICE, the BAND tha 17th REGIMENT will attend. To conclude with Original OPERETTA, entitled THE PERSIAN SHAH, THE MONARCH OF THE PBAH, AND THE TIME HONORED MAN IN THE MOON. Prices—3s., 2a., Is., and 6d. Doors open at 7.30 commence ...

Published: Wednesday 06 May 1874
Newspaper: Western Daily Mercury
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 71 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

... —Traces of the game extend beyond history. i.—lt is ot Eastern, probably Persian, origin, as Us name is derived from the Persian shah, king” and means the game of kings. 6.— A cleric of Safra. in Estramadura, Spain, who published a work on chess in li6i ...

Published: Tuesday 27 December 1927
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 97 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

SHOWJUMPING

... Ballinderry. Shellsport Slalomt 1, T. Derragh (Ireland) on Carr oils Heather Honey, 36 pts.. 33 • Is.; 2. J. McVean (GB) on Persian Shah, -36 pts., 34.95.; 3. Caroline Bradley, 36 pts . 35.55. ...

Published: Thursday 09 August 1979
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 87 | Page: 27 | Tags: none

THE WAN OF CRESS

... by some authorities to Palamedes. a Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about 1080 p.c. The word chess is derived from the Persian shah, king: and checkmate, or shalunat, means king confounded or overcome. But not only in Persian but in Sanscrit and other ...

Published: Thursday 13 December 1900
Newspaper: Ross Gazette
County: Herefordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 113 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Tint 04118 OF Curs'

... being giro n hy some authorities to Palamedes. a hero of the Trojan war, about 1080 we. The word chew; is denerd Iron, the Persian shah. king: and checkmate. or means king confounded of orerermse. But not only in Persian but in Sanserit and other Asiatic ...

Published: Friday 14 December 1900
Newspaper: Mid-Lothian Journal
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

By ARTHUR STANLEY

... reads: '“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: Friday 22 December 1939
Newspaper: Cambridge Daily News
County: Cambridgeshire, England
Type: | Words: 119 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Ms GAus or Coins

... by some authorities to Palatnedes. a Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about 1080 'Lc. The word chess is derived from the Persian shah, king; and checkmate, or shahmat, means king confounded or overcome. But not only in Persian but in Sanscrit and other ...

Published: Friday 14 December 1900
Newspaper: Henley & South Oxford Standard
County: Oxfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 115 | Page: 7 | Tags: none