Talk:Afzal Khan (general)

Afzal Khan or Afzul Khan?

I've always heard it as Afzal Khan, and was surprised that the Wikipedia page was titled Afzul Khan. It was even more confusing that Battle of Pratapgad named him as Afzal Khan, but linked to Afzul Khan! From a bit of googling, I found that Afzul Khan appears to be a British India-era spelling of his name (the linked page was published in 1930), while the modern spelling (as evidenced by a news link, Encyclopedia Britannica, and another news website) is definitely Afzal Khan. Therefore, I'm going to be bold and move Afzul Khan to Afzal Khan. If you have contrary evidence, please write it into this section before moving it back, so we have a clear reason one way or another. Thanks! Gaurav (talk) 14:07, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

'u' is the traditional spelling for the short vowel, which apparently is closest to the actual pronunciation. For some reason, in more recent times, authorities have decided 'u' should be written 'a'. (Cf. Romanoff, now spelled Romanov and pronounced Romanoff). This leads to pairs of words like 'pundit' and 'pandit', 'Punjab' and 'Panjab'. You appear to have found another such pairing.

So both in effect are correct. It's a matter of which spelling convention is being followed.

Varlaam (talk) 01:00, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

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