Tasnif Style Guide

Tasnif Style Guide — Page 156

156 TAŞNİF STYLE GUIDE and judgement should be exercised to optimize entries for the readership's interest. Index Format The following guidelines should be considered: ■ " ■ ■ Allah Place main index entries in bold When a subentry precedes the main index entry-e. g. 'favours of' in the below example-place a comma after the subentry (favours of in this case) to indicate placement of the main index entry (Allah in this case). Essentially, the full entry should be understood and read as 'favours of Allah. Where the subentry follows the main index entry-e. g. 'by the author' in the below example-place it without a comma. Here, the full entry should be understood and read as 'Announcement (s) by the author. Subentries within the subentires should be avoided Page numbers should be given in sequential order, sepa- rated by commas for multiple entries, and by a en-dash for a range of pages (as illustrated below) favours of, 25 glorification of and prayers to, 16–25 Announcement(s) by the author 5 of reward of 10,000 rupees 46, 97 regarding delay in publishing book 4