ICAS Press Transliteration System.

The article titled "ICAS Press Transliteration System" provides guidelines for transliterating Arabic and Persian terms into English. The system includes a table that assigns English letters to each Arabic and Persian letter. It also explains the assimilation of the definite article "al-" when prece...

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Published in:Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies Vol. 15; no. 3/4; pp. 127 - 130
Format: Article
Published: Islamic College Summer/Autumn2022
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Summary:The article titled "ICAS Press Transliteration System" provides guidelines for transliterating Arabic and Persian terms into English. The system includes a table that assigns English letters to each Arabic and Persian letter. It also explains the assimilation of the definite article "al-" when preceded by certain prepositions or particles. The article further provides the correct spelling of commonly used naturalized foreign words and offers conventions for invocations, patronymics and kunyas, capitalization, hyphens, inflexion, and names. The guidelines aim to ensure accurate and consistent transliteration of Arabic and Persian terms in English texts.