Period Modern

Region Northern Africa, Western Asia

Category Reconstruction, Done, Board, Space, Line

Description

Qirq is a simple game of alignment played in Southwest Asia. Though the game is of a type worldwide, and is likely older, This version is the earliest known name for the game.

Rules

Name of game. 3x3 intersecting lines. Pieces are placed on the lines.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

Reconstructed rulesets
Qirq (Ludii 1) Reconstructed with Ludii
Qirq (Ludii 2) Reconstructed with Ludii
Qirq (Ludii 3) Reconstructed with Ludii
Qirq (Ludii 4) Reconstructed with Ludii
Qirq (Ludii 5) Reconstructed with Ludii
Qirq (Ludii 6) Reconstructed with Ludii
Qirq (Ludii 7) Reconstructed with Ludii
Qirq (Ludii 8) Reconstructed with Ludii
Qirq (Ludii 9) Reconstructed with Ludii
Qirq (Ludii 10) Reconstructed with Ludii

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information From DLP evidence.

Origin

Southwest Asia

Ludeme Description

Qirq.lud

Concepts

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Reference

Murray 1951: 35.

Evidence Map

1 pieces of evidence in total. Browse all evidence for Qirq here.

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Evidence category: All Artifact Art Text Ethnography

Evidence coloured based on: Age None

Map style: Streets OpenStreetMaps ArcGIS Topographique Voyager

Sources

Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Rosenthal, F. 1975. Gambling in Islam. Leiden: Brill.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.907

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