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Kitāb fī al-shaṭranj wa-manṣūbātihi wa-mulaḥih A book on chess, its positions and its salts
( كتاب في الشطرنج ومنصوباته وملحه)

Title Kitāb fī al-shaṭranj wa-manṣūbātihi wa-mulaḥih A book on chess, its positions and its salts
Title Original كتاب في الشطرنج ومنصوباته وملحه
Author al-‘Adlī
Publication Date: 6 Friday II 655 (AH)
Type Book
Language Arabic
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Pages Count 1
Physical Dimensions 230 x 160 mm
Library: Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID Add MS 7515
Record ID vdc_100030345542.0x000001
Library Location British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date 6 Friday II 655 (AH)
Notes Anonymous handbook on chess, dealing with its legality, origins, symbolism, classes of players, poetry in praise of chess, poetry to be recited at various stages of play, and chess techniques. The sections on techniques cover chess problems, openings, and puzzles. For an outline of the contents, see Murray, 'The Earlier Arabic Literature of Chess', JRAS 69.1 (1937) pp. 10-11. 171-7 The work is a compilation of earlier chess manuals by al-‘Adlī (al-Adlī; mid-ninth century fl.), Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Yaḥyá al-Ṣūlī (Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sulli; early tenth century fl.) and Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn ‘Ubaydallāh al-Lajlāj (Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn ‘Ubaydullah al-Lajlāj; d. 970) amongst others. The author of this compilation is unknown, and the name of the ruler to whom the text is dedicated has been erased (see f. 1v, line 11). The text contains 215 diagrams of chess problems (positions) and openings (options), 12 of which have been left blank (i.e. the board has been drawn but not the pieces). The copy was completed on 6 Friday II 655/21 June 1257 (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 132r, lines 4-6, transcribed below). Contents: Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-4): Praise be to Allah, the honor of Cairo, the pilgrimage of the sea. والنعم The demonstration that created man's knowledge of expression says Subhanallah And We made the night and the day dwell Ends (f. 131v, lines 14-132r, line 1): وإذا وقع له لعب جيد وهو لا يراه أنشدت Ghalib Haddad's sword or sword's sword Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 132r, lines 2-8): The book is gone By Allah and His grace On the date of the thirteenth day From the city of Jamadi al-Akhrah from Sanaa Fifth and fifth and fifth of Hijri Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds And on his family and Companions
Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları Cureton, William and Charles Rieu, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens (London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 784, p. 351
Edinme Kaynağı Purchased from Mary Rich (née Mackintosh), widow of Claudius James Rich (1786-1821), Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Baghdad (1808-21), 25 March 1825
Köken Bāyezīd II (بايزيد بن محمد خان مظفر دائمًا ), Ottoman sultan (reg. 1481-1512), his seal, undated (ff. 1r and 132v; see Chester Beatty Library Islamic Seals Database no. 2 and Suha Umar, Osmanlı Padişah Tuğraları [Istanbul: Cem Yayinevi, 1980] p. 120); Muṣṭafá Ṣidqī (مصطفى صدقي, d. 1183/1769-70), Ottoman bibliophile and poet, his seal (f. 1r; see Chester Beatty Library Islamic Seals Database no. 4); Seal with Kufic inscription ما شاء الله لا قوة إلا بالله, belonging to Muṣṭafá Ṣidqī (مصطفى صدقي, d. 1183/1769-70), Ottoman bibliophile and poet (f. 1r; see Chester Beatty Library Islamic Seals Database no. 3); Muḥammad Sa‘īd (محمد سعيد), his seal, dated 1140/1727-28, with associated inscription that covers most of the page (f. 1r; for edition and Spanish translation of inscription see Libro del ajedrez , ed. and trans. by F.M. Pareja Casañas [Madrid-Granada: Imprenta de Estanislao Maestre, 1935] vol. 2, pp. xxxii-xxxvii; for English translaion of inscription see Murray, A History of Chess [Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1913] pp. 354-55).
Seçilmiş kaynakça Edition and Spanish translation: Libro del ajedrez, de sus problemas y sutilezas, de auto árabe desconocido. Según el ms. arab. add. 7515 (Rich) del Museo Británico , ed. and trans. by Félix M. Pareja Casañas, 2 vols, Publicaciones de las Escuelas de estudios árabes de Madrid y Granada; Ser. A., núm. 3 (Madrid-Granada: Imprenta de Estanislao Maestre, 1935) Studies: Forbes, Duncan, The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India, till the Period of its Establishment in Western and Central Europe (London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1860) Latham, J. D. 'Revd Dr. Félix M. Pareja, S. J. (1890-1983)', British Society for Middle East Studies. Bulletin 11.1 (1984), pp 107-08 Murray, Harold James Ruthven, A History of Chess (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1913) Murray, Harold James Ruthven, 'The Earlier Arabic Literature of Chess. Libro del Ajedrez, de sus Sutilezas, de Autor Árabe desconcido . Por Félix M. Pareja Casañas. Publicaciones de las Escuelas de Estudios Árabes de Madrid y Granada, Serie A, Núm. 3. Madrid 1935', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 69.1 (1937) pp. 169-76 Thompson, J.R. Fawcett, 'The Rich Manuscripts', The British Museum Quarterly 27.1/2 (1963) pp. 18-23
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Kitāb fī al-shaṭranj wa-manṣūbātihi wa-mulaḥih A book on chess, its positions and its salts

( كتاب في الشطرنج ومنصوباته وملحه)
Author al-‘Adlī
Publication Date 6 Friday II 655 (AH)
Type Book
Language Arabic
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Pages Count 1
Physical Dimensions 230 x 160 mm
Library Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID Add MS 7515
Record ID vdc_100030345542.0x000001
Library Location British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date 6 Friday II 655 (AH)
Notes Anonymous handbook on chess, dealing with its legality, origins, symbolism, classes of players, poetry in praise of chess, poetry to be recited at various stages of play, and chess techniques. The sections on techniques cover chess problems, openings, and puzzles. For an outline of the contents, see Murray, 'The Earlier Arabic Literature of Chess', JRAS 69.1 (1937) pp. 10-11. 171-7 The work is a compilation of earlier chess manuals by al-‘Adlī (al-Adlī; mid-ninth century fl.), Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Yaḥyá al-Ṣūlī (Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sulli; early tenth century fl.) and Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn ‘Ubaydallāh al-Lajlāj (Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn ‘Ubaydullah al-Lajlāj; d. 970) amongst others. The author of this compilation is unknown, and the name of the ruler to whom the text is dedicated has been erased (see f. 1v, line 11). The text contains 215 diagrams of chess problems (positions) and openings (options), 12 of which have been left blank (i.e. the board has been drawn but not the pieces). The copy was completed on 6 Friday II 655/21 June 1257 (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 132r, lines 4-6, transcribed below). Contents: Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-4): Praise be to Allah, the honor of Cairo, the pilgrimage of the sea. والنعم The demonstration that created man's knowledge of expression says Subhanallah And We made the night and the day dwell Ends (f. 131v, lines 14-132r, line 1): وإذا وقع له لعب جيد وهو لا يراه أنشدت Ghalib Haddad's sword or sword's sword Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 132r, lines 2-8): The book is gone By Allah and His grace On the date of the thirteenth day From the city of Jamadi al-Akhrah from Sanaa Fifth and fifth and fifth of Hijri Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds And on his family and Companions
Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları Cureton, William and Charles Rieu, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens (London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 784, p. 351
Edinme Kaynağı Purchased from Mary Rich (née Mackintosh), widow of Claudius James Rich (1786-1821), Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Baghdad (1808-21), 25 March 1825
Köken Bāyezīd II (بايزيد بن محمد خان مظفر دائمًا ), Ottoman sultan (reg. 1481-1512), his seal, undated (ff. 1r and 132v; see Chester Beatty Library Islamic Seals Database no. 2 and Suha Umar, Osmanlı Padişah Tuğraları [Istanbul: Cem Yayinevi, 1980] p. 120); Muṣṭafá Ṣidqī (مصطفى صدقي, d. 1183/1769-70), Ottoman bibliophile and poet, his seal (f. 1r; see Chester Beatty Library Islamic Seals Database no. 4); Seal with Kufic inscription ما شاء الله لا قوة إلا بالله, belonging to Muṣṭafá Ṣidqī (مصطفى صدقي, d. 1183/1769-70), Ottoman bibliophile and poet (f. 1r; see Chester Beatty Library Islamic Seals Database no. 3); Muḥammad Sa‘īd (محمد سعيد), his seal, dated 1140/1727-28, with associated inscription that covers most of the page (f. 1r; for edition and Spanish translation of inscription see Libro del ajedrez , ed. and trans. by F.M. Pareja Casañas [Madrid-Granada: Imprenta de Estanislao Maestre, 1935] vol. 2, pp. xxxii-xxxvii; for English translaion of inscription see Murray, A History of Chess [Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1913] pp. 354-55).
Seçilmiş kaynakça Edition and Spanish translation: Libro del ajedrez, de sus problemas y sutilezas, de auto árabe desconocido. Según el ms. arab. add. 7515 (Rich) del Museo Británico , ed. and trans. by Félix M. Pareja Casañas, 2 vols, Publicaciones de las Escuelas de estudios árabes de Madrid y Granada; Ser. A., núm. 3 (Madrid-Granada: Imprenta de Estanislao Maestre, 1935) Studies: Forbes, Duncan, The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India, till the Period of its Establishment in Western and Central Europe (London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1860) Latham, J. D. 'Revd Dr. Félix M. Pareja, S. J. (1890-1983)', British Society for Middle East Studies. Bulletin 11.1 (1984), pp 107-08 Murray, Harold James Ruthven, A History of Chess (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1913) Murray, Harold James Ruthven, 'The Earlier Arabic Literature of Chess. Libro del Ajedrez, de sus Sutilezas, de Autor Árabe desconcido . Por Félix M. Pareja Casañas. Publicaciones de las Escuelas de Estudios Árabes de Madrid y Granada, Serie A, Núm. 3. Madrid 1935', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 69.1 (1937) pp. 169-76 Thompson, J.R. Fawcett, 'The Rich Manuscripts', The British Museum Quarterly 27.1/2 (1963) pp. 18-23
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