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Evidence for Morahha

1 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.1907
Type Ethnography
Location Anjouan
Date 1694-01-01 - 1694-12-31
Rules 4x8 board.
Content Account from Hyde, who learned about the game from the ambassador from Anjoan to England, the son of the king: "Apud Hanzoanitas Ludus eorum lingua dictus Morahha (ut mihi dixit Abdallah Shah Regis Hanzoan filius Regem Angliae Legatus), est Ludus quidam huic praecedenti non absimilis, qui lapillis itidem luditur. At in schemate ejus est quadruplex ordo cellularum, quae per longitudinem sunt octonae, 16 in utraque pyxidis valvula. "
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite, Royalty
Genders Male
Source Hyde, T. 1694. De Ludis Orientalibus Libri Duo: Historia Nerdiludii, hoc est Dicere, Trunculorum, cum quibuidam aliis Arabum, Persarum, Indorum, Chinensium, & aliarum Gentium Ludis tam Politicis quam Bellicis, plerumque Europae inauditis, multo minus visis: additis omnium Nominibus in dictarum Gentium Linguis. Ubi etiam Classicorum Graecorum & Latinorum loca quaedam melius quam hactenus factum est explicantur. Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano.

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