... sum of nearly live thousand jx.utids in order to give them • fitting reception. We have seen an Egyptian Khedive and a Persian Shah in our capital before, the former being the grandfather and the latter the father of the present ruler and no pains were ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... and an explanation of some obscure points of etymology. He pointed out that the word checkmate was originally in Persian shah mats — The King is dead. The Indian game had been a representation of a battlefield, but in Europe it became rather ...

... Prises VIIL was the Grit cos b 7 the title of May ; and L seized to the title, Sacred and leafiest Wises—Ma phlegmatic Persian Shah, who declined to go to the Derby because it was already known to idol that one horse wes faster than another horse, was ...

... are unable to pay'for far exceeded what was done in any other line of life. A St. Petersburg newspaper, referring to the Persian Shah's proposed journey next spring, declares has good authority for saying that his Majesty will proceed direct to Russia ; ...

... 33, coins of the Sheriffs of Morocco ; 34, Pagratides ; 35, coins of the Caucasian Khanates; 36, Beiheridea; 37, of the Persian Shahs; 3M, Afghans; 39. Krim-Civets: 40, Oenome-Crinican ; 41, Anglo-Oriental ; 42, Tibetan ; 43, Armenian ; 44, of undecided ...