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Evidence for Shatranj al-Jawarhiya
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1405
Type Contemporary rule description
Location 33°19'16.16"N, 44°25'5.05"E
Date 0947-01-01 - 0956-09-01
Rules 8x7 board. Six pieces per player: Mouth, Eye, Ear, Hand, Foot, Heart.
Content "Then there is another board, called that of the limbs (al-jawarhiya), which has been discovered in our time. It contains 7 by 8 squares. There are 12 pieces, on each side 6, and each of the 6 is called after a human limb, I.e., the limbs by which we speak, hear, see, grasp, and move—these are the (five) senses—and the universal sense belonging to the heart." From Al-Masudi's Murūj aḏ-Ḏahab wa-Maʿādin al-Jawhar, translated in Murray 1913: 343.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Genders Male
Source Murray, H. J. R. 1913. A History of Chess. London: Oxford University Press.
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