Twilight of the Sultanate c3.42

c3.42

In the transliteration of Persian and Indian words, long vowels are indicated as ā ī ū. Well-known words like Khan and Sultan are not accented. Similarly where h in a final position is silent (as in Ferishtah) it has been dropped to help in the correct pronunciation of the word. Thus Ferishtah, Battūtah and Zilhijjāh have been written as Ferishta, Battūta and Zilhijjā.