Who Invented Backgammon and Why?
Iranian backgammon board: During the reign of Anushirvan Khosrow, the king of India, to test the wisdom of the Iranians and prove his superiority, he sent a game of chess with beads of emerald and ruby, along with exquisite gifts to the Persian court.
he appointed Takht Ritus to do so.
He wrote in a letter to the king of Iran: “Since you are our emperor, your wise men must be superior to our wise men.
So either recite the method and method of what we have sent to you (chess) or pay us a ransom from now on”
After reading the letter, the king of Iran asked for forty days, and none of the sages found a solution in those few days, until the fortieth day of Bozorgmehr, who was the youngest minister of Anoushirvan, stood up and said:
“They made this chess game like a battlefield.
The two sides are fighting with their pieces, and whichever has more wisdom and foresight wins.”
And he told the complete secrets of the chess game and how to pick the pieces.
The emperor greeted him three times and rewarded him with twelve thousand coins.
After that, “Takht Ritus” played with Bozorgmehr.
Bozorgmehr won the Takht Ritus three times.
The next day, Bozorgmehr showed Takht Ritus another game and said:
‘If you answer this, we will ransom you, and if you cannot, you have to ransom us.’
Diorsam asked time for forty days, but none of the sages of that land could solve “Wayne Ardeshir,” and thus, the King of India agreed to be the ransomer of Iran.
Backgammon and the meaning of that
30 game pieces: Indicates 30 days and nights of a month.
24 Points: 24 hours a day.
4 parts of the game Board: 4 seasons of the year.
Five game rounds: 5 times in a day.
2 colours, black and white of game pieces: night and day
Each side of the game board has 12 points: 12 months of the year.
Backgammon: Earth.
Board of Backgammon: Sky.
Dice: Planet.
Rolling the dice: the passing of time.
Game pieces: Humans
Game piece rotation on board: human movement (life)
Remove the game piece at the end of each round: Death of Humans.
The concept of dice numbers – Iranian backgammon board
The concept of dice numbers – Number 1:
The Oneness of God.
Number 2:
Heaven and Earth.
Number 3:
Good Thought; Good speech, good deeds.
Number 4:
The Iranians considered the four main elements that are the source of life sacred and believed that God created humans, the sky, and the earth with these four elements and the rest of God’s blessings are derivatives of these elements, so these four elements are respectable and, These are considered a member of God.
For example, all the fruits and plants of the world are created due to soil or water, or human beings cannot survive without one of these four elements for more than a few hours!
Pre-Zoroastrian religions, such as the Mehr and the Mithras, even knew four angels for these four elements, who (the goddess) rushed to the aid of human beings under the supervision of Almighty God (four main directions or four main components: water, wind, earth, fire; or north, South, East, West).
Number 5:
Sun; Moon, star, fire, thunder (five holy lights and the light of nature which are the blessings of God) Light is one of the pillars of the ancient religions of Iran.
All religions have considered God a part of the light, as Zoroastrians pray to light and Muslims say: God is light, The heavens, and the earth.
In general, all religions believe in the statement that God is the light of the heavens and the earth, or that in the Jewish and Christian scriptures, the reason that God cannot be seen is that God is the excellent light. There are many narrations in all religions about this.
Number 6:
Six Days of Creation (Ancient Iranians and some monotheistic religions believed that the world came in 6 stages or six days).
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