Tables, Chess -- On the Explanation of Chess and Backgammon
Sources:
A medieval Persian source, describing how Chess came to Persia and how "backgammon" (games within the Tables) was invented.
Ancient Iran Series 2, from the Jordan Center for Persian Studies. You will need to sign in to academia.edu, but do not have to pay for access to the online version of this paper.
Quite a nice little book, including several facsimiles of period sources as well as the transcription and translation of one of them, and considerable framing material.
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