# shatranj

> an old form of chess, considered an ancestor of modern chess, originating in Persia

**Wikidata**: [Q279829](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q279829)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatranj)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/shatranj


## References

1. [Source](http://history.chess.free.fr/shatranj.htm)
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. Quora