Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq — Page 127
127 u for و (like oo in root );Other: ai for ی (like i in site ); au for و (resembling ou in sound ) The consonants not included in the above list have the same pho- netic value as in the principal languages of Europe. While the Arabic ن is represented by n , we have indicated the Urdu ں as n. Curved commas are used in the system of transliteration, ‘ for ع , ’ for ء. We have not transliterated Arabic words which have become part of English language. The Royal Asiatic Society rules of transliteration for names of persons, places and other terms, could not be followed throughout the book as many of the names contain non-Arabic characters and carry a local transliteration and pronunciation style which in itself is also not consistent either. The Publisher