Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople)
(Shatranj al-Kabir)DLP Game
PeriodModern
RegionWestern Asia
CategoryReconstruction, 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.
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