NOTES ON THE BIBLIOGRAPHy, TRANSLITERATION, DATING
AND ILLUSTRATIONS
The bibliography is limited to works and articles
With the exception of certain words such as
that are cited in the study All bibliographic ref-
Qurʾān, neither italics nor diacritical marks are
erences for books and periodicals are given in
used for those Arabic, Persian or Turkish names
abbreviated form in the footnotes with complete
and terms that have entered into common Eng-
citations appearing in the bibliography Encyclo-
lish usage like large cities, geographical locations
paedia articles and dictionary entries are cited
and dynasties
only in the notes Unless passages are quoted,
Where specific dates pertaining to the Islamic
editions of classical authors are not cited
realm are referenced, both Islamic (hijrī) and
The system of transliteration of Arabic, Persian
Christian (Gregorian) dates will be given, the
and Turkish words used in this work is based on
Islamic date appearing first Where a century
that of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, second edition,
or decade is mentioned only Christian dates are
with several modifications:
cited
“q” replaces “ḳ”; “j” is used instead of “dj ”
Photographs included in the illustrations were
“Th,” “kh,” “dg,” “sh” and “gh” are not underlined
taken by the author unless otherwise noted
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