W. M. Thackston

About the Author

Wheeler M. Thackston is Professor of the Practice of Persian and other Near East Languages at Harvard University, where he has taught Persian and Arabic for over twenty years.

Includes the names: W.M. Jr Thackston, Wheeler Thackston, W.M. Thackston Jr., W.M. Thackston Jr., Wheeler M. Thackston, Wheeler McIntosh Thackston, Wheeler M. Thackston (translator)

Works by W. M. Thackston

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An Introduction to Persian (1993) 122 copies, 2 reviews

Ibn 'Ata' Illah the Book of Wisdom/Kwaja Abdullah Ansari Intimate Conversations (One Volume) (1978) 120 copies

Introduction To Syriac (1999) 105 copies, 1 review

An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic: An Elementary Grammar of the Language (1994) 97 copies

Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts (2011) — Contributor — 52 copies, 1 review

A Millennium of Classical Persian Poetry: A Guide to the Reading & Understanding of Persian Poetry from the Tenth to the Twentieth Century (1994) 37 copies, 1 review

An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic: An Elementary Grammar of the Language Key to Exercise (1994) 26 copies, 1 review

Introduction to Persian, Revised Fourth Edition, Key to Exercises (2010) 13 copies

Tales of the Prophets of al-Kisa'i (1978) 3 copies

Album Prefaces and Other Documents on the History of Calligraphers and Painters. (Studies and Sources in Islamic Art and Architecture. Supplements to Muqarnas. Volume X.) (2000) 2 copies

The Vernacular Arabic of the Lebanon 2 copies

An introduction to Persian 2 copies

Three Memoirs Of Humayun: Gulbadan Begim's Humayunnama/ Jawhar Aftabachi's Tadhkiratu 'l-waqiat (Bibliotheca Iranica, Intellectual Traditions Series) (2009) 1 copy

Century of Princes: Sources on Timurid History and Art (1989) 1 copy

Introduction to Persian 3rd Revised Edition: 9 Audio CDs for Pronunciation. (2007) 1 copy

Sorani Kurdish꞉ A Reference Grammar 1 copy

Kurmanji Kurdish : A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings 1 copy

The Baburnama 1 copy

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Baburnama (1996) — Translator, some editions — 514 copies, 4 reviews

Signs of the Unseen: The Discourses of Jalaluddin Rumi (1994) — Translator, some editions — 103 copies, 4 reviews

Muraqqa': Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library (2008) — Contributor, some editions — 46 copies

The History of Akbar, Volume 1 (2015) — Translator, some editions — 39 copies, 1 review

The Jahangirnama: Memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India (1999) — some editions — 22 copies

The History of Akbar, Volume 2 (2016) — Translator, some editions — 16 copies

The Book of Ecstasy : On the Path of the Mystic (1980) — Translator, some editions — 15 copies

The History of Akbar, Volume 3 (2017) — Translator, some editions — 13 copies

The History of Akbar, Volume 4 (2018) — Translator, some editions — 12 copies

The History of Akbar, Volume 5 (2019) — Translator, some editions — 8 copies

The History of Akbar, Volume 7 (2021) — Translator, some editions — 7 copies

The History of Akbar, Volume 6 (2020) — Translator, some editions — 6 copies

The History of Akbar, Volume 8 (2022) — Translator, some editions — 5 copies

Global Lab (2009) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Other names: Thackston, Wheeler McIntosh
Birthdate: 1944
Gender: male
Education: Princeton University (AB ∙ 1967)
Harvard University (PhD ∙ 1974)
Occupations: Orientalist
university professor
Organizations: Harvard University
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Associated Place (for map): Massachusetts, USA

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Garzo 17 reviews

Introduction to Syriac: An Elementary Grammar With Readings from Syriac Literature by Wheeler M. Thackston

This is certainly not the best Syriac teaching grammar. I would recommend Healey as the best around today, just ahead of Robinson. Thackston's use on unvoweled Estrangela makes things quite awkward for new learners to get a feel for the language, its presentation of grammar is not as clear as Robinson's, and its texts are not as well prepared as Healey's.

Jun 26, 2007

languagehat 389 reviews

A millennium of classical Persian poetry by Wheeler M. Thackston

Just what the student of Persian and its poetry needs: a good anthology with notes and a full glossary.

May 19, 2006

Sampsa 9 reviews

An introduction to Persian by W. M. Thackston

Not bad at all for learning Persian

Jul 13, 20081 other review

billmcn 183 reviews

An Introduction to Persian by W. M. Thackston

Introductory description grammar of Persian. You'd need more to actually learn the language, but this is a good reference for linguists. Almost identical material is covered by John Mace's Persian Grammar: For Reference and Revision.

Aug 6, 20071 other review

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