Backgammon Board Setup
Persian backgammon set
You must have also heard the name of the backgammon game in addition to intellectual games such as chess. Do you know what backgammon is when it was invented and to which country its history goes back? Backgammon Board Setup
What is backgammon?
This game is one of the very old and attractive table games for 2 players, It can be said that luck has a great impact on winning and losing because this game consists of a board, several dice and two dice, and it must be based on the numbers turned. In the dice, each player tries to remove the pieces from the field faster.
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Backgammon is a manifestation of beauty
Iranian handicrafts are closely related to wood carving and backgammon making. Iranian backgammon boards are a mixture of the beautiful carvings of Iranian artists and carvings on the wood of the trees of this country. The game played on backgammon has a long history in Iran; Perhaps a history beyond three thousand years should be considered for its age.
The origin of the backgammon game should be attributed to Iran. The findings of the burnt city in Sistan and Baluchistan confirm this. Ardeshir Sassani is considered to be the founder of this game.
This game reached the Chinese through India during the Samanid rule. The Egyptian civilization is also considered one of the civilizations in which the games of pieces made of wood were common.
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Backgammon history
The search of archaeologists in the burnt city shows that the backgammon board dates back to 3000 BC in Iran, and the people of the world consider the origin of this game to be Iran, the land of the Sassanids. Also, the excavations in the ancient grave of Sistan Baluchistan city in Izeh and Shush region of Khuzestan prove that the history of this game in Iran goes back to at least 6 thousand years ago.
Some people also cite a story for the history of its origin that during the Sassanid reign of Khosrow Anushirvan, the King of India, under the pretext of testing the wisdom and wisdom of the Iranians and proving his superiority to the king of Iran, his wise minister took the throne of Ritus with him. He sent a game of chess with pieces of emerald and ruby along with exquisite gifts to the king of Iran and in a letter with the theme that since you are the king of Iran and your wise men are superior to our wise men, the manner and method of what you have Tell us what we sent or from now on you have to send us ransom. 
Anoushirvan asked for 40 days until at the end of the 40th day of Bozorgmehr, the young minister Anoushirvan discovered the secret and told the king that they made this game like a battlefield, that two sides should fight together and whoever is wiser will win. For this reason, this game is also called backgammon. After Bozorgmehr found out the secret of the chess game, the king of India sent them the backgammon board game, which consisted of various symbols. Backgammon Board Setup
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The philosophy of each symbol in the backgammon
The backgammon game consists of a board divided into 4 sections. Each section symbolizes one of the seasons of the year.
The colour of two black and white beads refers to night and day.
The number of dice in the backgammon game is 30, which corresponds to the number of days of each month.
The rotation of two dice refers to the rotation of the planets and stars, and the rotation of the dice is a symbol of the rotation and movement of humans.
The way the beads are arranged is related to the beginning of the creation of the world.
The passing of the beads from each other and their collision and at the end of the beads coming out of the ground has been compared to the collision between humans and finally death.
The number of the dice also has its wisdom and philosophy, for example, the number 1 on the dice is the sign of Ahura Mazda, the number 2 is the sign of 2 Mino (Angra Mino and Sepna Mino), the number 3 indicates the three commandments of Ahura Mazda, i.e. good deeds, good thoughts and Speech is good. The number 4 is a sign of the four elements, namely water, wind, fire and earth.
The number 5 is the sign of the five lights, i.e.: the sun, the moon, the stars, fire, and lightning. The number 6 also refers to the 6 days of creation.
The 12 houses on each side of the backgammon board also refer to the twelve months of the year.
