Christopher Shackle

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Christopher Shackle (born 4 March 1942) is Professor of Modern Languages of South Asia in the University of London, Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia, and also Professor, Department of Study of Religions at that university. He is furthermore the head of the Urdu department at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London, Project Leader at AHRB Centre for Asian and African Literatures, and a member of the Centre of South Asian Studies

He has written 8 books, and published over 19 book chapters and journal articles in the field or Urdu literature. He served as Head of Department from 1983 to 1987 and as Pro-Director of SOAS from 1997 until 2003

[edit] Awards

Fellow of the British Academy in 1990.
2004 Award of the Royal Asiatic Society
Pakistan's highest award for the arts, the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, in 2005

[edit] Books written

Teach yourself Punjabi
The Siraiki language of central Pakistan
From Wuch to Southern Lahnda: a century of Siraiki studies in English
(with A Mandair) Teachings of the Sikh Gurus: Selections from the Sikh Scriptures, 214pp. Routledge (UK & US). ISBN 0415266041. 2005.
Siraiki Marsiya, 94pp. Bazme Saqafat (Pakistan). ISBN none. 2003.
with D J Matthews, S Husain) Urdu Literature, 288pp. Alhamra (Pakistan). ISBN 9695161197.2003. (
(with J Majeed) Halis Musaddas: The Flow and Ebb of Islam, 262pp. Oxford University Press (Delhi). ISBN 0 19 564091 8. 1997.