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|Location=Egypt | |Location=Egypt | ||
|Game Regions=Rest of World | |Game Regions=Rest of World | ||
|Game Eras=1800s | |Game Eras=1800s,Predecessor | ||
|Description=<p>Lowth (1855) describes Jellal, encountered among the people of Upper Eqypt, as resembling “in some of its parts our old game of Rounders” as he knew it in England. There was hitting and “getting home,” but a difference that he noted was that one boy hit the ball and another ran.</p> | |Description=<p>Lowth (1855) describes Jellal, encountered among the people of Upper Eqypt, as resembling “in some of its parts our old game of Rounders” as he knew it in England. There was hitting and “getting home,” but a difference that he noted was that one boy hit the ball and another ran.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>G. T. Lowth, </span><em>The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks</em><span> (Hurst and Blackett, London, 1855), pages 108-110.</span></p> | |Sources=<p><span>G. T. Lowth, </span><em>The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks</em><span> (Hurst and Blackett, London, 1855), pages 108-110.</span></p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:39, 28 November 2012
| Game | Jellal |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | Egypt |
| Regions | Rest of World |
| Eras | 1800s, Predecessor |
| Invented | |
| Tags | |
| Description | Lowth (1855) describes Jellal, encountered among the people of Upper Eqypt, as resembling “in some of its parts our old game of Rounders” as he knew it in England. There was hitting and “getting home,” but a difference that he noted was that one boy hit the ball and another ran. |
| Sources | G. T. Lowth, The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks (Hurst and Blackett, London, 1855), pages 108-110. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Query | Edit with form to add a query |
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