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Evidence for Shatranj Shir Bakri

1 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.2143
Type Contemporary rule description
Location 30°20'22.60"N, 76°22'51.92"E
Date 1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
Rules 8x8 board. One player plays as two lions, placed on the two central spaces of the bottom outer row of the board, and the other player plays as 32 goats, arranged on the opposite four rows.
Content Board and starting position from Sahib 1901: 195. Accompanying Urdu text not translated.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Sahib, L.R.B. 1901. Mo'allim-ul-Shatranj or Chess Monitor. Delhi: Imperial Book Depot Press.

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