The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c5.s9.120

c5.s9.120

¹¹⁶ Chess is so characteristic a product of the legacy of Islam that it deserves more than a passing mention. Modern European chess is the direct descendant of an ancient Indian game, adopted by the Persians, handed on by them to the Muslim world, and finally borrowed from Islam by Christian Europe (Arnold, *Legacy of Islam*, p.32, citing H.J.R. Murrary, *A History of Chess*, Oxford, 1913).