Edward William Lane and Jason Thompson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789774165603
- eISBN:
- 9781617975516
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774165603.003.0017
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Middle Eastern Studies
Chess, draughts, backgammon, and “mankaleh” (a board game), were all commonly played particularly by lower classes in coffeehouses. “Tab,” and “seegeh,” were also played by the lower classes and the ...
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Chess, draughts, backgammon, and “mankaleh” (a board game), were all commonly played particularly by lower classes in coffeehouses. “Tab,” and “seegeh,” were also played by the lower classes and the rules of these two plus “mankaleh” are given in detail. Cards were played by all social ranks and almost always for money. Sports were very uncommonly played, but this chapter explains that occasionally wrestling was seen at festivals and that a game called “gareed,” played in teams on horses, would take place in particular in Upper Egypt at a celebration (of a wedding for example) of someone wealthy.Less
Chess, draughts, backgammon, and “mankaleh” (a board game), were all commonly played particularly by lower classes in coffeehouses. “Tab,” and “seegeh,” were also played by the lower classes and the rules of these two plus “mankaleh” are given in detail. Cards were played by all social ranks and almost always for money. Sports were very uncommonly played, but this chapter explains that occasionally wrestling was seen at festivals and that a game called “gareed,” played in teams on horses, would take place in particular in Upper Egypt at a celebration (of a wedding for example) of someone wealthy.
