The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c3.5

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A few explanations remain to be offered. The system of transliteration adopted is that used by the Government of India in their official publications. Except in the chapter on Ceylon diacritical marks, with the necessary exception of the macron, have been avoided. The *hamza* is represented, when necessary, by ’, the letter ع by ‘, and the letter ق by *q*. It has not been considered necessary to distinguish between the letters خ and ख and غ and घ by underlining the combinations *kh* and *gh*, and, in order to preserve the correct pronunciation of names and titles in which the Arabic article occurs, such forms as ‘Alā-ud-dīn and Badī‘-uz-Zamān have been preferred, partly for typographical and partly for other reasons, to the more scholarly and correct ‘Alā-*al*-dīn and Badī‘-*al*-zamān, or ‘Alā’u’-d-dīn and Badī‘u-’z-zamān.