Persian Cataloging Page -- Guidelines for Establishing Persian Names

Guidelines for Cataloging Persian Materials

Types of Persian Surnames

Persian personal names may have single or multiple surname elements and appear in title pages as follows:
  1. Surnames with affixes.
    Examples: Bahramzadah, Aryanpur, Kiyanfar, etc. (-zadah, -pur, -far are affixes)
  2. Compound surnames.
    Examples: Darya Bandari, Shariat Panahi, Mushfiq Kashani
  3. Arabic names: If the author is modern and writes predominantly in Persian, he/she must be romanized according to the Persian romanization table and entry should follow Arabic NACO guidelines.
    Example: Ruh al-Amini al-Baghdadi.
Persian Cataloging Page -- Guidelines for Establishing Persian Names