Al-Qirq
(Riz, Sudder, Sudra, Ka'b al-Baidar, Tubn, Tubna)DLP Game
PeriodModern
RegionWestern Asia
CategoryReconstruction, Done, Board, Space, Line
Description
Al-Qirq is an alignment game played in southwest Asia.
Rules
Three concentric squares, with lines connecting the corners and the midpoints of the sides. Nine pieces per player. Players attempt to place three pieces in a line.
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Sources
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.
Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
