. Chess and playing cards. Fig. 164. INDIAN CHESSMEN OF SOLID Hvde. only. He points out, too, that in the two-handed game one of theallied kings becomes a subordinate piece, called by the Persians andArabs, Farzin or Wazir, the Queen of our European Fig. 165. INDIAN CHESSMEN OF HOLLOW Hyde. 47. Chess. Maldive Islands. Board1 and (The men original,the board substitution.)Identical with the Hindu game, which is played in the same manneras the English. The pieces in the Indian game receive the followingnames: Padshah (1) = King. Wa:ir or Minister (1) =
. Chess and playing cards. Fig. 164. INDIAN CHESSMEN OF SOLID Hvde. only. He points out, too, that in the two-handed game one of theallied kings becomes a subordinate piece, called by the Persians andArabs, Farzin or Wazir, the Queen of our European Fig. 165. INDIAN CHESSMEN OF HOLLOW Hyde. 47. Chess. Maldive Islands. Board1 and (The men original,the board substitution.)Identical with the Hindu game, which is played in the same manneras the English. The pieces in the Indian game receive the followingnames: Padshah (1) = King. Wa:ir or Minister (1) = or Elephant (2; = , ghora (2) = Knights. Llikh, burj (2) = Castles. Piadah (8) = Pawns. / 1 Cat. No. 7579, Mus. Arch., Univ. Penn. 2 Cat, No. 16489, Mus. Arch., Univ. Penn. CHESS AND PLAYIXG-CARDS. 801 It may be observed that the forms of the chessmen in countries underMohammedan influence are not usually those of men or animals, assuch representations are forbidden by Mohammedan Probably the oldest chessmen known to exist are an almost completeset which is preserved in the East Indian Museum, London. Theywere excavated about thirty years ago on the site of the city of Brah-munabad in Sind, which was destroyed by an earthquake in the eight
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