Cataloguing of Muslim and Pakistani Names

1. Cataloguing of Muslim and Pakistani Names By: Dr. Muhammad HaroonUsmani Deputy Chief Librarian, Punjab University Library, Lahore

2. Cataloguing of Muslim and Pakistani Names: Problem Areas • Surname/ Family Names خاندانی نام • Regional/ Local Namesمقامی نام • Compound Names • Abbreviations/Nick Names • Poetic Names (تخلص)/Names Opted for Poetry/ Literary Piece of Work • Names Consisted of Two Words • Names Consisted of Three Words • Long/ Multi Worded Names • Honorary/ Awarded/ Given Names/ Title(خطاب/ لقب) • Patronymic Appellation (کنیت) • Female Names

3. 1. Surname/Family Name • Entry should not be made in Family Name Except it is used as Poetic Name • Muhammad Haroon Usmani in Haroon Usmani, Muhammad • Saleem Ahmad Siddiqui in Saleem Ahmad Siddiqui • Mustansar Hussain Tarrar in Mustansar Hussain Tarrar • Tehmina Doltana in Tehmina Doltana • Choudhry Afzal Haq in Afzal Haq, Choudhry • Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman in Khalil-ur-Rehman, Mir

4. 2. Names Associated with Regions/ Localities/ Areas • Enter in Real Name Except Local Name is Used as Poetic Name • Tahir Tounsvi in Tahir Tounsvi • Arshad Multani in Arshad Multani • Majeed Lahori in Majeed Lahori • Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi in Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi • Manzoor Hussain Shor Alieg in Manzoor Hussain Shor Alieg

5. 3. Compound Names • Compound Names should be treated as single name and enter in first part of the name. • Abdul Moid in Abdul Moid • Abdur Rehim in Abdur Rahim • Hamid-ud-Din Farahi in Hamid-ud-Farahi • Inam-ul-Haq in Inam-ul-Haq

6. 4. Abbreviations/Nick Names • Entry should not be made in abbreviations • A. Hameed in Hameed, A. • M. A. Rahat in Rahat, M. A. • A. B. Ashraf in Ashraf, A. B. • ش فرخ in فرخ، ش • ن م راشد in راشد، ن۔ م

7. 5. Poetic Name(تخلص) • Entry Should be made in Poetic Name • If Part of a Name is Repeated in Beginning and at End the last part will be considered Poetic Name: • Amjad Islam Amjad in Amjad, Amjad Islam • Mir Taqi Mir in Mir, Mir Taqi • Abid Ali Abid in Abid, Abid Ali • Faiz Ahmad Faiz in Faiz, Faiz Ahmad • Wasif Ali Wasif in Wasif, Wasif Ali

8. Addition of (ی) at the End of the Name • If an author adds (ی) at the last part of his name, it will be considered Poetic Name: • Asif Farrukhi in Farrukhi, Asif • Imtiaz Ali Khan Arshi in Arshi, Imtiaz Ali Khan • Shan-ul-Haq Haqi in Haqi, Shan-ul-Haq • Mushtaq Ahmad Yousafi in Yousafi, Mushtaq Ahmad • Javed Ahmad Ghamdi in Ghamdi, Javed Ahmad

9. Specific Word as Poetic Name • Ahmad Faraz in Faraz, Ahmad • Khawaja Mir Dard in Dard, Mir Khawaja • Asadullah Khan Ghalib in Ghalib, Asadullah Khan • Nasim Lyyah, in Nasim Lyyah • Inam-ul-Haq Javed in Javed, Inam-ul-Haq

10. Family Name as Poetic Name • Rarely used, Make Sure that it is Poetic Name or not • Sa’adat Hassan Manto in Manto, Sa’adat Hassan • Manzar Hussain Abbasi in Abbasi, Manzar Hussain

11. Local Name as Poetic Name • Rarely used, Make Sure that it is Poetic Name or not • Riaz Khairabadi in Khairabadi, Riaz • Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai in Bhittai, Shah Abdaul Latif • Abdul Qadir Sarhadi, in Sarhadi, Abdul Qadir

12. 6. Two Worded Name(a). Common Names • Enter in First Part except for Local, Family and Poetic Names: • Ahmad Saleem • Aslam Kamal • Bano Qudsia • Intezar Hussain • Anis Khurshid

13. 6(b). Where One Part is a Family Name • Enter in real name • Agha Asraf in Ashraf, Agha • Abdullah Malik in Abdullah Malik • Nasir Zaidi in Nasir Zaidi • Choudhri Ghulam Rasul in Ghulam Rasul, Choudhri • Syed Abdullah in Abdullah, Syed

14. “Muhammad” as Part of 2 WordedName • Don’t enter in Muhammad instead enter in other part because we use Muhammad in respect of holy Prophet and it is immensely used: • Muhammad Iqbal in Iqbal, Muhammad • Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadiri in Tahir-ul-Qadiri, Muhammad • Muhammad Saeed in Saeed, Muhammad

15. 7. Three Worded Names • Simple 3 Worded Name (without Poetic, Family or Local Name). Enter in Last Part: • Ali Asghar Abbas in Abbas, Ali Asghar • Ghulam Hussain Zulfiqar in Zulfiqar, Ghulam Hussain • Zahid Munir Aamir in Aamir, Zahid Munir • Zafar Ahmad Mansoor in Mansoor, Zafar Ahmad • Ghulam Gillani Asghar in Asghar, Ghulam Gillani

16. b. First or Last Part is a Family Name • Don’t enter Family Name. Enter in other 2 parts: • Irshad Ahmad Haqqani in Irshad Ahmad Haqqani • Agha Anwar Gull in Anwar Gull, Agha • Raja Rasheed Mahmood in Rasheed Mahmood, Raja • Tahir Javed Mughal in Tahir Javed Mughal • Ashraf Ali Thanvi in Ashraf Ali Thanvi

17. c. First and Last Parts are Family or Local Names • Enter in the central Part: • Mirza Hamid Beg in Hamid Beg, Mirza • Syed Zamir Jafri in Zamir Jafri, Syed • Khawaja Hassan Nizami, in Hassan Nizami, Khawja • Rana Saeed Khan in Saeed Khan, Rana • Syed Suleman Nadvi in Suleman Nadvi, Syed

18. d. Muhammad as Part of a 3 Worded NameI. Muhammad as First Name • Enter in the part comes immediately after ‘Muhammad’: • Muhammad Iqbal Gilani in Iqbal Gilani, Muhammad • Muhammad Akram Chughtai in Akram Chughtai, Muhammad • Muhammad Akhtar Mamonka in Akhtar Mamonka, Muhammad • Muhammad Asif Iqbal in Asif Iqbal, Muhammad • Muhammad Akhtar Shiekh in Akhtar Shiekh, Muhammad

19. II. Muhammad as a Central Part of 3 Worded Name • Enter in the name comes immediately after Muhammad. If Family Name comes in the last then enter before Muhammad : • Sher Muhammad Akhtar in Akhtar, Sher Muhammad • Fateh Muhammad Malik in Fateh Muhammad Malik • Malik Muhammad Ibrahim in Ibrahim, Malik Muhammad • Choudhri Muhammad Ashraf in Ashraf, Choudhri Muhammad • Syed Muhammad Arif in Arif, Syed Muhammad

20. III. Muhammad as Real Name • If Muhammad is real name and other parts are worth entering then enter in Muhammad: • Muhammad Bin Qasim • Muhammad Bin Saad

21. 8. Long Names (Consisted of More Than 3 Parts) • If there is Poetic Name: Make entry in that name • Enter in the last name in other cases except Family Name where entry should be made in the real name: • Syed Maqsood Ali Kazmi in Maqsood Ali Kazmi, Syed • Khawaja Muhammad Hassan Khan Farooqi in Hassan Khan Farooqi, Khawaja Muhammad • Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Aarzoo in Aarzoo, Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan • Shah Akhbar Khan Najib Abadi in Akhbar Khan Najib Abadi, Shah • Liaqat Ali Khan Niazi in Liaqat Ali Khan Niazi

22. 9. Honorary/ Awarded/ Given Names/ Title(خطاب/ لقب) • Enter in Real Name and make Title Name as part of inverted name: • Sir Shiekh Muhammad Iqbal in Iqbal, Shiekh Muhammad • Sir Shiekh Abdul Qadir in Abdul Qadir, Sir Shiekh • If Title becomes renowned name enter in the Title: • Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in Sir Syed Ahmad Khan • Ignore Such Opted/Given Namesa as: Qari, Maulvi, Maulana, Mufti, Nawab, Pir, Pirzada, Munshi, Qazi, Hafiz, Haji, Hakeem, Hazrat, Hazoor, Janab, Khaleefa, Sahib, etc.

23. 10. Patronymic Appellation (کنیت) • Usually authors use Pseudo Names (فرضی کنیت) which becomes popular in such cases enter in that popular name: • Ibn-e-Safi • Ibn-e-Insha • Abu Muslim

24. 11. Names of Female • The same rule is applicable. Entry will be made in the real name: • Jameela Hashmi • Ada Jafri • If a lady uses Poetic Name, enter in that name: • Zahida Hina in Hina, Zahida • Syeda Perveen Fana Rizvi in Fana Rizvi, Syeda Perveen • Aamna Bahar Roona in Roona, Amna Bahar

25. II. Use of Father’s or Husband’s Name • If a Lady uses father’s name before marriage and after marriage husband’s name entry should be in real name: • Balqees Zafar Hashmi in Balqees Zafar Hashmi • Hijaab Imtiaz Ali in Hijaab Imtiaz Ali • Ismat Chughtai in Ismat Chughtai

26. b. If a Lady uses husband’s name with Mrs. Or Begam entry will be in husband’s name: • Begam Ahmad Ali in Ahmad Ali, Begam • Mrs Abdul Qadir in Abdul Qadir, Mrs.

27. III. Entries should not be made in such names as Begam, Khatoon, Bibi, Khanum, etc • Bibi Fatima in Fatima, Bibi • Siddiqa Begam in Siddiqa Begam • Deeba Khanum in Deeba Khanum • Deeba Khanum in Deeba Khanum

28. Sources 1. انیس خورشید۔ پاکستانی ناموں کی کیٹلاگ سازی۔کراچی: رائل بک کمپنی، ۱۹۷۲ء 2. Haroon, Mohammad.-Cataloguing of Indian Muslim Names.- Lahore: Islamic Book Centre, 1986. • اقرار حسین شیخ۔پاکستانی مصنفین کے ناموں کی کیٹلاگ سازی۔اسلام آباد: دی بکس، ۲۰۰۳ء • السویدان، ناصر محمد و محسن السید العرینی۔ مداخل المولفین والاعلامالعرب۔ ریاض: عمادۃ شوون المکتبات۔ جامعہ الریاض، ۱۹۸۰ء