#padishah

Going back to the chess board, this is the great Indian padishah who liked the game so much and spread it across the land.

Listen Here Watch Here The Crow Peri There once was a man who had a son. The man spent the whole day in the woods, catching birds which he sold. One day the father died and the boy was left alone in the world. He did not know what his father’s occupation had been, until one day, looking through his father’s things, found a bird trap.  Picking it up he went to the forest and set it in a tree.…

EP 146: The Horse Dew (Ignacz Kunos 1914)

Listen Here Watch Here Once a Padishah had three daughters. Before setting out on a journey he called his daughters before him and instructed them to feed his favorite horse personally, and not to entrust that duty to any other, as he would allow no stranger near it. The Padishah went away, and the eldest daughter carried food to the stable: the horse, however, would not permit her to approach…

EP 94: The Wizard Dervish

Listen here A long time ago lived a Padishah who had no son. As he was taking a walk with his lala one day, they came to a well, near which they stopped to wish. A dervish suddenly appeared and cried: “All hail, my Padishah!” upon which the latter made answer:“If you know that I am the Padishah, then can you tell me the cause of my sorrow.” The dervish drew an apple from his breast and said:…

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