Guidelines

Manuscript Submission Guidelines

 

(Style Sheet)

 

1. All submissions should be in MS-Word, 1.5 spaced throughout (not only the text but also displayed quotations, notes, references and any other matter) on single-sided numbered page.

A cover page must be provided mentioning the title of the article and the author’s name, professional affiliation, addresses (both postal and e-mail) and phone numbers.

2. All submissions must include an Abstract (between 150-200 words) and five (05) keywords at the beginning of the essay.

3. Referencing Style: References should be provided as endnotes. A Reference List (Bibliography) should provide a complete list of all references cited in the article. Do not distinguish between primary and secondary references; they must all be included in one alphabetized list.

The examples provided below illustrate the style to be followed:

(a) Books:

Zutshi, Chitralekha. Languages of Belonging: Islam, Regional Identity, and the Making of Kashmir, Permanent Black: New Delhi, 2004.  (Note: If a book is published simultaneously at different places, one or at most two of them may be cited.)

 

(b) Edited Volumes:

Troll, Christian W. ed., Muslim Shrines in India: Their Character, History and Significance, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1989.

 

(c) Articles in Journals:

Ali, Tariq Omar. “Agrarian Forms of Islam: Mofussil discourses on peasant religion in the Bengal delta during the 1920s”, Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 51, No. 5, 2017, pp. 1311–1339

 

d) Articles in Edited Volumes:

Stern, Robert W. “An Approach to Politics in the Princely States”, in Robin Jeffrey ed., People, Princes and Paramount Power: Society and Politics in the Indian Princely States, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1978, p. 355-371

 

 

4. For Kashmiri and Urdu section, following guidelines must be followed.

  • The contributor should write his/her research paper on one side of A4 size paper, without any typographical errors and the same should reach us in the both inpage and pdf formats.
  • While composing the content, the contributor should keep the lines of the article within “5x8” inches. It should be around fifteen (15) pages and each page should be around 20 lines.
  • The research paper must carry a brief abstract and at least five keywords in the 14- point font of Noori Nastaliq.
  • The contributor must follow Modern Language Association (MLA) referencing style. The references should be as follows: (Author’s name, book name, publisher, place of publication, year of publication (Volume, Issue), and page number).

5. All submissions and communication should be addressed to: chairmansacms@uok.edu.in