On the Explanation of Chess and Backgammon : Abar Wiz?risn ? ?atrang Ud Nihisn N?w-Ardaxs?r

Touraj Daryaee

ISBN 10: 1780836104 / ISBN 13: 9781780836102

Published by Brill Feb 2021, 2021

About this Item

Neuware - On the Explanation of Chess and Backgammon is a Middle Persian text concerned with the earliest story of the invention and rules of the games of chess and backgammon in the sixth century CE, during the rule of the great Sasanian king of kings, Khusro I (531-579 CE). These games along with polo and the hunt were part of princely or courtly education in ancient Iran which continued till the modern times. From Sasanian Iran these games made their way to Spain via the Muslims in the medieval period, and chess and backgammon have now become popular around the world. This volume was previously published by the Jordan Center for Persian Studies, University of California - Irvine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On the Explanation of Chess and Backgammon : Abar Wiz?risn ? ?atrang Ud Nihisn N?w-Ardaxs?r
• Publisher: Brill Feb 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780836104
• ISBN 13: 9781780836102
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 223W x 149H x 23D millimeters 223 millimeters width by 149 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 496 grams

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Synopsis

The Book is full text on the rules and views of the games of chess and backgammon comes from a Pahlavi text, reported to be from the time of Khusro Anushirvan in the 6th CE.

About the Author

Touraj Daryaee is the Maseeh Chair and the Director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the University of California, Irvine.