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Published: Wednesday 16 February 1955
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3049 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The Lord Chancellor has nominated the Rev. H. Johnson, M.A., Curate of Brampton Ralph, to the Vicarage of ..

... Visit of the Shah of Perse*.—Mirza Malkon Khan has been sent to St. Petersburg to announce the arrival in April of the Persian Shah. The Shah will visit St. Petersburg, Berlin, Vienna, London, and Paris, and return home by Constantinople. ...

Published: Friday 17 January 1873
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 60 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SWISS CAPITAL LEVY SCARE

... SWISS CAPITAL LEVY SCARE. PERSIAN SHAH WITHDRAWING DEPOSITS. Paris, Wednesday. The Shah Persia will leave Paris tomorrow evening.—Central News. Gcne#a, Wednesday. Tho Shah is expectnl Lausanne for the purpose of withdrawing his considerable deposits ...

FONTWELL PARK

... Barr D Mould 3 Newton Beauty T M Jones ‘Off 1.2. Trained by Dawson, Runners: Baytown Willow, Newton Beauty, Mary Barr, Persian Shah, The Hare, Silken Mist Perfect Peach, Mr. Micawber, Princely Mpyth, Vicmead, ‘Dtgeat._ King of Greece. e Betting: 3 to ...

Published: Wednesday 23 November 1966
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 132 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

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... it situated. It is thks garden which yield® lII© worldfamous attar loses, that luscious perfume which, in olden t hives, Persian Shah* commanded should be used exclusively in their harems, and which, even to-clay, iu India, offered to wedding guests on ...

Published: Saturday 13 August 1927
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

SALE OF RARE MANUSCRIPTS

... irom various monasteries; but beside those there are also inieiesting Oriental writings—an Arabic Koran from India, and Persian Shah Namen, illustrated by Persian hands, among the rest. Of English works perhaps the most interesting is a poem, said to have ...

Published: Saturday 10 June 1876
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 267 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

are Qunlit

... 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

Interesting Facts About Cbi—

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

Published: Friday 02 November 1906
Newspaper: Whitby Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 248 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

rfare STON

... term “check,” In turn stems from the 1 word “shah” or king, use. ct, the final cry of the winner, “checkmate! ” ly the Persian “shah 'plch means “the king ther asvect of this bloodless warfare attracts people is its leisureliness. Experts swiftly demolish ...

Published: Saturday 25 November 1967
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 283 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Hello, New York! Leeds Publicity Club’s Telephone Greeti

... ” to be produced at the West Leeds Girls’ High School during A PROUD PERSIAN CAT. —Miss Simpson Baikie. with her cream Persian, Shah Jehan,” at the Southern Counties Cat Club’s Show in London, x..i# mm** \iP • t ' . • '. ,; i !• E;. .. ;.v ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1932
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 332 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Deadly warfare — yet quite harmless

... 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” which means “the king is dead.” Another aspect of this handy bloodless warfare which attracts people is its sheer ...

Published: Saturday 25 November 1967
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 578 | Page: 4 | Tags: none