(_Abul Kasim Mansur_)
[_Translated into English by James Atkinson_]
The system of Sir William Jones in the printing of Oriental words has
been kept in view in the following work, viz.: The letter _a_ represents
the short vowel as in _bat, á_ with an accent the broad sound of _a_ in
_hall, i_ as in _lily, í_ with an accent as in _police, u_ as in _bull,
ú_ with an accent as in _rude, ó_ with an accent as _o_ in _pole_, the
diphthong _ai_ as in _aisle, au_ as in the German word _kraut_ or _ou_
in _house_.