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                            Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople)
                            
                            
                                
                             (Shatranj al-Kabir)                            Ruleset:
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                    See the game  Shatranj al-Kabir (Constantinople) for more details.
                     
                
                
                
                
                        
                                                
                            Period(s)
                         
                        
                            Modern                     
                                    
                                        
                
                
                
                                                 
                            Summary
                         
                        
                            Rules from DLP evidence.   
                         
                        
                                                
                            Description
                         
                        
                            Rules known for the Shatranj al-Kabir from Constantinople as known from the DLP evidence.   
                         
                                        
                       
                                                
                            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.    
                         
                                                
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                        
                        
                          
                    Concepts
                     
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                            DLP evidence.                         
                        
                
                
                
                        
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                            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 
                                                    
                            
                            
                            
                                                        
                            
                            
                            
                                            
                   
                   
                   
            
                            
                            
                                               
                   
                                              
                            Origin
                         
                        
                            Turkey                         
                                        
                
                                        
                
                                        
                
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
             
                
                
                
            
       
        
 
           
                
        
        Identifiers
         
        
             DLP.GameRulesets.1432  
         
        
                
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