title: Index
abstract: The alphabetical ordering is word-by-word and the prefix al-is ignored for alphabetization purposes.Personal names are generally listed in the fullest form appearing in the text and without inversion.Exceptions are characters who are best known under a shortened form (like the last element of the name, often a nisba, indicating an occupation, a location, or a tribal affiliation), rulers whose known name starts with the assumed title, and modern figures where the last name (whether a nisba or not