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Thus i a is awkward. Shakespear's * has these advantages 

 over the circumflex : first, it is not an accentuation mark : 

 and secondly, it is written according to a fixed rule. My 

 own opinion is much in favor of the original Arabic letter 

 inserted in its proper place, especially as a medial. Thus 

 ^ain, ma^mul, khil^at, in^am, zila^ka. There is no 

 typographical difficulty, and Johnson's Persian Dictionary, 

 — a standard work — has it throughout. A Turkish Gram- 

 mar printed in London during the Crimean war, also contains 

 it. I have had the letter cast in Madras and used it in type 

 easily and cheaply. This is no doubt the most correct method 

 of rendering ^ ; but for the sake of expediency, I would not 

 press it. Many would find it awkward to write, and it has 

 an uncouth aspect by the side of roman letters. 



