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Li'b al-Sidr DLP Game   

Period Medieval

Region Southern Asia, Western Asia

Category Reconstruction, Done, Board, Space, Line

Description

L'ib al-Sidr is an alignment game played in West Asia during the Middle Ages. It was played on a typical merels board, with twelve pieces per player.

Rules

Three concentric circles with lines connecting the corners and midpoints of the squares.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

Reconstructed rulesets
Li'b al-Sidr (Ludii 1) Reconstructed with Ludii
Li'b al-Sidr (Ludii 2) Reconstructed with Ludii
Li'b al-Sidr (Ludii 3) Reconstructed with Ludii
Li'b al-Sidr (Ludii 4) Reconstructed with Ludii
Li'b al-Sidr (Ludii 5) Reconstructed with Ludii
Li'b al-Sidr (Ludii 6) Reconstructed with Ludii
Li'b al-Sidr (Ludii 7) Reconstructed with Ludii
Li'b al-Sidr (Ludii 8) Reconstructed with Ludii
Li'b al-Sidr (Ludii 9) Reconstructed with Ludii
Li'b al-Sidr (Ludii 10) Reconstructed with Ludii

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information Rules from DLP evidence.

Origin

West Asia

Ludeme Description

Li'b al-Sidr.lud

Concepts

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Evidence Map

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Sources

al-Firuzabadi. 1410. al-Qamus al-Muhit.

Amitai-Preiss, N. 1997. 'Arabic inscriptions, graffiti and games.'In Y. Hirschfeld, The Roman Baths of Hamat Gader: Final Report. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. pp. 267–278.

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

Identifiers

DLP.Games.1613


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