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On the Explanation of Chess and Backgammon - Abar Wizārisn ī Čatrang Ud Nihisn Nēw-Ardaxsīr

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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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Touraj Daryaee, Ph.D. (1999), UCLA, is Professor of Iranian History and the Persianate World at UC Irvine. He has published monographs and many articles on ancient and late antique Iranian world, including Sasanian Iran in the Context of Late Antiquity: The Bahari Lecture Series at the University of Oxford (2018).

Product details

Assisted by Touraj Daryaee (Editor), Touraj Daryaee (Translation)
Publisher Brill
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 11.02.2021
 
EAN 9781780836102
ISBN 978-1-78083-610-2
No. of pages 140
Dimensions 149 mm x 223 mm x 23 mm
Weight 496 g
Subject Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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