The Subject files File 3 (Books and Publications) sub-sub-series of the Political Agency, Muscat covers the following information relating to Muscat and Oman: customary law, charts and maps, land routes, and transliteration of vernacular names and places.
File 3/8 Books etc: Transliteration of vernacular names and places.
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers of the Political Agency, Muscat, concerning the transliteration of personal and place names in India and the Persian Gulf. The papers were compiled in response to requests from the Government of India for standardisation in the translation of vernacular names. The paper...