Nicholas Sims-Williams

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Nicholas Sims-Williams is a professor of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, where he is Research Professor of Iranian and Central Asian Studies at the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East. Sims-Williams is a scholar who specializes in Central Asian history, particularly the study of Sogdian and Bactrian languages. He is also member of the advisory council of the Iranian Studies Journal.

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His published works include:

  • "Sogdian and other Iranian inscriptions of the Upper Indus II, London (1992)
  • "Bactrian ownership inscriptions" BAI 7, pp173-9 (1993)
  • "New light on ancient Afghanistan: the decipherment of Bactrian", London (1997)
  • "Bactrian documents from Northern Afghanistan I: Legal and economic documents" Oxford ISBN 0197275028 (2000)
  • "Recent discoveries in the Bactrian language and their historical significance", Society for the Preservation of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (Afghanistan). (2004)
  • "Some Bactrian seal-inscriptions" in "Afghanistan, ancien carrefour entre l'est et l'ouest" BREPOLS ISBN 2503516815

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