Cataloging of Persian works : including rules for transliteration, entry and description = فهرست كرون آثار فارسي /‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪ by Nasser Sharify.

Includes index.

Chapter I. INTRODUCTION -- Chapter II. PERSIAN TRANSLITERATION: BACKGROUND CONSIDERATIONS : The Need for Persian-English Transliteration - "Farsi" or Persian - General Survey of Transliteration Schemes in Use - The Present Scheme - Rules of Application -- Chapter III. PERSIAN TRANSLITERATION FOR LIBRARY PURPOSES : Table of Persian Transliteration - Treatment of Persian Letters and Symbols - Transliteration as Affected by Grammatical Structure - Orthography of Persian in Transliteration -- Chapter IV. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF EXISTING CODES -- Chapter V. IRANIAN PERSONAL NAMES: THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND USAGE : Names Before 652 - Names of the Period 652-1926 ; Onvan or Khatab , Konyeh or Konyat , Nam or Esm , Nasab , Laqab , Takhallos - Names from 1926 -- Chapter VI. RULES FOR ENTRY : Form of Entry for Personal Authors ; General Treatment , Treatment of Separate Elements , Treatment of Specific Cases -- Chapter VI. RULES FOR ENTRY (Continued) : Form of Entry for Personal Authors (Continued) ; Dates , Use of Hyphen in Transliterating Names - Form of Entry of Corporate Bodies - Form of Title Entries, Main and Added - Added Entries -- Chapter VII. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING: BACKGROUND CONSIDERATIONS : Current Practice in Descriptive Cataloging as Shown in a Few North American Libraries - Proposed Rules for Description -- Chapter VIII. RULES FOR DESCRIPTION : Organization of the Description - Title - Author Statement - Edition Statement - Imprint - Dates - Collation - Notes - Rules for Transliteration as Applied in the "Title Transliterated" Note -- APPENDIX. AIDS TO CATALOGERS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ENTRIES : Catalogs of Persian Materials (Chiefly Manuscripts) in Libraries of Various Countries - Other sources.