Explanation of chess and disposition of backgammon
vizārišn ī catrang ud nihišn ī nēvardašēr
The vizārišn ī catrang ud nihišn ī nēvardašēr (VC), is a romantic record of how the game of Chess was introduced into Persia from India, and how the Persian wise invented the game of Backgammon. The core of the story is the exchange of riddles between two royal courts to determine which part should pay tribute to the other. According to this text, chess is a type of battle-game, and the chess-board is like a battle-field (kārezār); and backgammon, a race-game, resembles both worlds of thought and life.
vizārišn ī catrang ud nihišn ī nēvardašēr
The vizārišn ī catrang ud nihišn ī nēvardašēr (VC), is a romantic record of how the game of Chess was introduced into Persia from India, and how the Persian wise invented the game of Backgammon. The core of the story is the exchange of riddles between two royal courts to determine which part should pay tribute to the other. According to this text, chess is a type of battle-game, and the chess-board is like a battle-field (kārezār); and backgammon, a race-game, resembles both worlds of thought and life.
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