This toleh set was given to my grandfather by his father. When my great grandfather, Charlie D., came to America from Syria in the late 1800's, he used this game for entertainment on the ship. Some other people on the ship played with him for money.

"Toleh" means backgammon in Arabic. This artifact is important to my family because it's one of the only things from Syria we have. It shows us what my family did for fun in Syria. No one in my family knows more details because it was my grandfather's and he passed away a few years ago.