Mansuba - Al-jariya, Dilaram's Problem

Difficulty: Master

From a 1,000-year-old Arabic manuscript: a nobleman staked his beloved wife Dilaram — "heart's ease" — on a chess game. Defeat seemed certain; his opponent awaited the final blow. Dilaram herself saw the only saving line and shouted it to him. White to move — find the sequence she found.

This is a Mansuba (مَنصُوبَة) — a classical Shatranj and Chaturanga puzzle from medieval manuscripts. Play Shatranj online free at Chaturanga.online, the only dedicated Shatranj game on the internet.