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Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) (Shatranj al-Kabir)DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region Western Asia

Category Reconstruction, Done, Board, War, Replacement, Checkmate, Chaturanga

Description

This game, named Shatranj al-Kabir by Aminallah Abu-Rafid Muhammad Hafid, was played in Constantinople in the early nineteenth century.

Rules

13x13 board. The same pieces as Shatranj plus: five pawns per player, one Great Ferz, which moves as a Zurafa in Shatranj al-Kabir, two Karkaddan, which moves diagonally any distance or like a Knight, and two Ahu, which move like the Jamal in Shatranj al-Kabir. Pawns begin on the fourth rank of the board. Pieces are arranged as follows, beginning from the left corner: Rook, Knight, Fil, Karkaddan, Ahu, Great Ferz, Shah, Ferz, Ahu, Karkaddan, Fil, Knight, Rook.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

Reconstructed rulesets
Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) (Ludii 1) Reconstructed with Ludii
Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) (Ludii 2) Reconstructed with Ludii
Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) (Ludii 3) Reconstructed with Ludii
Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) (Ludii 4) Reconstructed with Ludii
Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) (Ludii 5) Reconstructed with Ludii
Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) (Ludii 6) Reconstructed with Ludii
Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) (Ludii 7) Reconstructed with Ludii
Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) (Ludii 8) Reconstructed with Ludii
Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) (Ludii 9) Reconstructed with Ludii
Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) (Ludii 10) Reconstructed with Ludii

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information Rules from DLP evidence.

Origin

Turkey

Ludeme Description

Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople).lud

Concepts

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Reference

Murray 1913: 346.

Evidence Map

1 pieces of evidence in total. Browse all evidence for Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) here.

Evidence Range: 1805 - 1806

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Sources

Murray, H. J. R. 1913. A History of Chess. London: Oxford University Press.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.1274


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