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Wheeler M. Thackston Jr., Professor of the Practice of Persian
and other Near Eastern Languages

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Professor Wheeler Thackston
Semitic Museum
Harvard University
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

Semitic Museum, Room 209
617-495-9948
617-496-8904
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Wheeler Thackston
Prof. Thackston enjoying a local specialty in Cunda, Turkey

Professor Thackston has been a member of the NELC faculty since 1972. Author of textbooks for Persian, Classical Arabic, Syriac, and Kurdish, his main research areas include classical Persian poetry and belles-lettres, historical sources on Central Asia, the literature of the Mughal Empire in India, and modern Iranian languages. Publications include The Jahangirnama: Memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India and The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor.