| A.: | Akbar. |
| A. F.: | Abu-l-Faẓl. |
| A.H.: | Hijra. |
| A.N.: | Akbarnāma. |
| A.S.B.: | Asiatic Society of Bengal. |
| B.: | Badāūnī (historian). |
| Bib. Ind.: | A.S.B. ed. Akbarnāma, printed at Calcutta. |
| B.: | Beg, Begam, Bengal and Blochmann. |
| b. brother. | |
| d. daughter and district. | |
| f. father. | |
| s. son. | |
| B.M.: | British Museum. |
| H.M.: | His Majesty. |
| I.G.: | Imperial Gazetteer of India. |
| D.A.: | Darbār Akbarī (a book). |
| I.O.: | India Office. |
| J.: | Jahāngīr and Jarrett. |
| K.: | Khān. |
| l. line. | |
| M.: | Mīrzā. |
| M. K.: | Mīrzā Koka ('Azīz K.) and Mīrzā Khān, i.e. Khān Khānān M. 'Abdurraḥīm. |
| M.U.: | Ma'āiru-l-Umarā. |
| Muḥ.: | Muḥammad. |
| n. note. | |
| P.: | Page, Persian and Prince. |
| P.T.: | Persian Text. |
| prov. province. | |
| R.: | Raja. |
| S.: | Shaikh and Saiyid. |
| T.A.: | abaqāt-i-Akbarī. |
| t. town. | |