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Mogul Putt'han (Mughal-Pathan)DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region Southern Asia

Category Board, War, Leaping, Lines

Description

Mogul Putt'han is played throughout South Asia, documented since the early nineteenth century and likely is older. It is played on an alquerque board with triangular extensions on two opposite sides.

Rules

Game is played on an Alquerque board with 5x5 intersecting lines and with a triangular appendage on either side. Each player has sixteen pieces, which are placed on the intersections and move along the lines to the next open intersection. Players can hop opponents pieces to capture them. Multiple captures in one turn are allowed. A player wins when they capture all of the opponent's pieces or block them from being able to move.

Datta 1933: 168–169.

These rules were taken from the Sixteen Pieces ruleset.

All Rulesets

Described rulesets
Nineteen Pieces Played with nineteen pieces.

Observed rulesets
Sixteen Pieces Described by J. Datta.

Origin

South Asia

Ludeme Description

Mogul Putt'han.lud

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Reference

Murray 1951: 67

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Sources

Datta, J. 'A few types of sedentary games of Lower Bengal.' Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 29(1): 167–170.

Herklots, G. 1832. Qanoon-e-Islam, or the Customs of the Moosulmans of India. London: Parbury, Allen, and Co.

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

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Identifiers

DLP.Games.34


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