Tsarin “Top” (Cannon) na Kudancin Slavic
A cikin al'adar Kudancin Slav, zanen alamar rook ya koma daga gine-gine zuwa makaman artileriya. Saboda an kira wannan sashi Top (ma'ana “bam”), yawancin ƙirar yankuna kamar sanannen saitin Subotica sun yi watsi da bangon kariya na gargajiya na hasumiyar gidan soja. Maimakon haka, siffar sikelin tana ɗaukar kamannin silinda ko mai sirara, tare da saman da ya lanɓe, kamar kofi, wanda yake kama da bakin bindiga. Wannan ci gaba yana nuna keɓaɓɓun matakan harshe da al'adu na Balkan, inda tasirin Turki, Slavic, da Austro-Hungarian sau da yawa ke ba sikelai sunaye biyu, kamar Top da Kula (Tower). Wannan haɗuwar al'adu tana nuna yadda wasan catur ke zama gada tsakanin lokuta daban-daban na tarihi da al'ummomi.
Nishapur Rook (Rukh)
Wannan dutsen da aka samo daga Nishapur tsohuwar Rook ce, wadda a asali ake kiranta Rukh. Duk da cewa ana yawan danganta ramin saman Bishop na zamani da hakoran tsofaffin sassan giwa, a zahiri ita ce tsohuwar Rook ke da wannan babban gibi tsakanin gefuna biyu masu tsawo. Wannan siffar V wata wakilci ce ta tunani na keken doki, tana haskaka salon ƙirar lissafi da ya bambanta kayan catur na farko na Farisa da na Tekun Bahar Rum.
ŞAHÎ saitin rook: Shahrukh
Shahrukh, wanda aka sanya masa suna bisa ga ɗan kwamanda kuma ƙwararren mai wasan catur, Timur, yana nufin ”Mai Mulki, Mai Kwarewa, da Mai ɗaukaka na Rooks”. Shahrukh ya zama babban mai tallafawa kimiyya, al'adu, da fasaha. Kalmar “Rukh” tana nufin keken yaki, kuma ta koma “roca”, ma'ana hasumiya a Sifaniyanci da Italiyanci, wanda ya shafi ƙirar sassan catur. A tarihi, an kira wannan sashi keken yaki, hasumiya, jirgin ruwa, da bam. Sassan Şahruh sun haɗa da ƙafafun keken yaki masu juyawa, bulolin hasumiya, bututun bam, da makera ta jirgin ruwa.
