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shatranj

n. An ancestor of modern chess.

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Shatranj

Shatranj ( Hindi , Urdu , from Middle Persian chatrang چترنگ), is an old form of chess, which came to the Western world by the Persians and later Greeks, and ultimately from India via the Persian Empire. Modern chess gradually developed from this game.

Shatranj (film)

Shatranj is a 1993 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Aziz Sejawal, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Kader Khan, Juhi Chawla and Divya Bharti in her last film appearance. Kader Khan's son Sarfaraz Khan appeared as the younger version of his character. The film was box office hit.

Usage examples of "shatranj".

They would play chess in the old Indian way, the game of shatranj, and, freed by the simplicities of the chess‑board from the convolutions of his life, Ahmed would daydream for an hour about the re‑shaping of the Quran.

When, in my time of trial, my father challenged me to master the game of shatranj, I infuriated him by preferring to invite him, instead, to chance his fortune among the ladders and nibbling snakes.