SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Authored Books

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2007) Bactrian documents from Northern Afghanistan, Vol. 2: Letters and Buddhist texts. London: The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions. (Studies in the Khalili Collection)

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2004) Recent discoveries in the Bactrian language and their historical significance. Society for the Preservation of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (Afghanistan).

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2001) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan, Vol I: Legal and Economic Documents. Oxford; New York: The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press.

Edited Books

Sims-Williams, Nicholas, ed. (2007) Part 4: Dictionary of Manichaean texts in Chinese. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols. (Dictionary of manichaean texts. Vol. III, Texts from Central Asia and China)

Blois, François de and Sims-Williams, Nicholas, eds. (2006) Dictionary of Manichaean texts. Vol. II, Texts from Iraq and Iran. Turnhout: Brepols.

UNSPECIFIED, ed. (2004) Dictionary of Manichaean Texts Vol. III Part 1. Brepols (Belgium).

Elfenbein, J and N, D and Sims-Williams, N, eds. (2003) A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto. Reichert (Germany).

Yarshater, E and ed., associate, eds. (2002) Encyclopaedia Iranica. Bibliotheca Persica Press (New York).

Sims-Williams, N, ed. (2002) Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples. Oxford University Press.

N., D and N., A and Sims-Williams, N, eds. (2001) Parthian economic documents from Nisa, Texts I, by I. M. Diakonoff & V. A. Livshits, edited by D. N. MacKenzie, A. N. Bader & N. Sims-Williams. SOAS (UK).

Book Chapters

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2008) 'Jaḡatu.' In: Yarshater, Ehsan, (ed.), Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol.14/4. New York: Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation Inc., pp. 372-373.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2008) 'The Sasanians in the East. A Bactrian archive from northern Afghanistan.' In: Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh and Stewart, Sarah, (eds.), The Sasanian Era. London: I.B.Tauris, pp. 88-102.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2008) 'Bactrian tallies.' In: Huber, B and Volkart, M and Widmer, P, (eds.), Chomolangma, Demawend und Kasbek, Festschrift für Roland Bielmeier zu seinem 65. Geburtstag. Halle: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, pp. 525-523. (Beiträge zur Zentralasienforschung)

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2008) 'The Sogdian potentialis.' In: Macuch, Maria and Maggi, Mauro and Sundermann, Werner, (eds.), Iranian languages and texts from Iran and Turan. Ronald E. Emmerick memorial volume. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 377-386. (Iranica)

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2007) 'Bactrian letters from the Sasanian and Hephthalite periods.' In: Panaino, Antonio and Piras, Andrea, (eds.), Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Societas Iranologica Europæa held in Ravenna, 6-11 October 2003. Milan, Italy: Mimesis, pp. 701-713.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas and de la Vaissière, étienne (2007) 'Jabḡuya, i: Origin and early history.' In: Yarshater, Ehsan, (ed.), Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol 14/3. New York: Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation Inc., pp. 314-315.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas and De Blois, Francois (2006) 'The Bactrian calendar: new material and new suggestions.' In: Languages of Iran: past and present. Iranian studies in memoriam David Neil MacKenzie. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 185-196.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2004) 'Two Bactrian fragments from Yar-khoto.' In: Durkin-Meisterernst, D, (ed.), Turfan revisited. The first century of research into the arts and culture of the Silk Road. Reimer (Germany), 325-32, 461-4.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2004) 'A Greek-Sogdian bilingual from Bulayïq.' In: La Persia e Bisanzio. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy), pp. 623-31.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2004) 'The Parthian abstract suffix -yft.' In: H., J, (ed.), Indo-European Perspectives. Studies in Honour of Anna Morpurgo Davies. Oxford (UK), pp. 539-47.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2003) 'Three notes on Iranian words in Arabic sources.' In: van, A, (ed.), Iranica Selecta. Studies in honour of Professor Wojciech Skalmowski on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. Brepols (Belgium), pp. 213-217.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2003) 'Contrat de mariage bactrien.' In: Bopearachchi, O and Landes, C and Sachs, C, (eds.), De l’Indus à l’Oxus. Archéologie de l’Asie Centrale. Association Imago (France), 390-391, 393.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2003) 'A Christian Sogdian polemic against the Manichaeans.' In: G, C and Maggi, M and Provasi, E, (eds.), Religious themes and texts of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia. Studies in honour of Professor Gherardo Gnoli. Reichert Verlag (Germany), 399-408, p. 9-10.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2002) 'A Christian Sogdian polemic against the Manichaeans.' In: Cereti, C and Maggi, M and Provasi, E, (eds.), Religious themes and texts of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia. Studies in honour of Professor Gherardo Gnoli on the occasion of his 65th birthday on 6 December 2002. UNSPECIFIED, pp. 401-410.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2002) 'Ancient Afghanistan and its invaders: Linguistic evidence from the Bactrian documents and inscriptions.' In: Sims-Williams, N, (ed.), Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples. Oxford University Press, pp. 225-242.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2001) 'The Sogdian Ancient Letter II.' In: G., M and Bisang, W, (eds.), Philologica et Linguistica. Historia, Pluralitas, Universitas. Festschrift für Helmut Humbach zum 80. Geburtstag am 4. Dezember 2001. Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (Germany), pp. 267-280.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2001) 'Avestan sußra-, Turkish süvre.' In: Bazin, L and Zieme, P, (eds.), De Dunhuang à Istanbul. Hommage à James Russell Hamilton. Brepols (Belgium), pp. 329-338.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2001) 'Sogdian Ancient Letter II.' In: Juliano, Annette L. and Lerner, Judith A., (eds.), Monks and merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China. USA: Harry N. Abrams with The Asia Society, pp. 47-49.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2001) 'Middle Persian padisay and Old Persian vasna.' In: Sadeghi, Ali Ashraf, (ed.), A.Tafazzoli memorial volume. Iran: Sokhan Publishers, pp. 59-65.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) 'Some reflections on Zoroastrianism in Sogdiana and Bactria.' In: Christian, D. and Benjamin, C., (eds.), Realms of the Silk Roads: Ancient and Modern. Belgium: Brepols, pp. 1-12.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) 'A Bactrian Buddhist manuscript.' In: Braarvig, J, (ed.), Manuscripts in the Schøyen collection, I: Buddhist manuscripts. Hermes Publishing (Norway), pp. 275-7.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) 'Aurentes.' In: E., R and Sundermann, W and Zieme, P, (eds.), Studia Manichaica. IV. Internationaler Kongreß zum Manichäismus, Berlin, 14.-18. Juli 1997 (Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berichte und Abhandlungen, Sonderband). Akademie Verlag (Germany), pp. 560-563.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (1997) 'The denominal suffix -ant- and the formation of the Khotanese transitive perfect.' In: Lubotsky, Alexander, (ed.), Sound law and analogy. Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 317-325.

Articles

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2008) 'Remarks on the Bactrian colophon. [Appendix to S. Karashima, “Fragments of a manuscript of the Prātimokṣasūtra of the Mahāsāṃghika-(Lokottara)vādins (1)”].' Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, 11 . pp. 89-90.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2007) 'News from Ancient Afghanistan.' The Silk Road, 4 (2). pp. 5-10.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas and Grenet, Frantz (2007) 'The Sogdian inscriptions of Kultobe.' Shygys, 2006 (1). pp. 95-111.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2007) 'A Bactrian quarrel.' Bulletin of the Asia Institute [n.s.], 17 . pp. 9-15.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas and Lee, J (2003) 'The antiquities and inscription of Tang-i Safedak.' Silk Road Art and Archaeology, vol.9 . pp. 159-184.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2002) 'Nouveaux documents bactriens du Guzgan. [New Bactrian Documents from Guzgan].' Comptes rendus de l'Academie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres, 2002 . pp. 1047-58.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2002) 'The Bactrian inscription on the seal of Khingila.' Silk Road Art and Archaeology, vol. 8 . pp. 143-148.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2002) 'Dr Ilya Gershevitch.' Jesus College, Cambridge, Annual Report, vol. 9 . pp. 31-34.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2002) 'On kings and nomads: New documents in ancient Bactrian reveal Afghanistan's past.' IIAS Newsletter, vol. 2 . pp. 12-13.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2001) 'The inscriptions on the Miho bowl and some comparable objects.' Studia Iranica, vol. 3 . pp. 187-198.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas and Grenet, F and De la Vaissière, É (2001) 'The Sogdian Ancient Letter V.' Alexander’s Legacy in the East: Studies in honor of Paul Bernard. Bulletin of the Asia Institute, 12 . pp. 91-104.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) 'Four Bactrian economic documents.' Bulletin of the Asia Institute, 11 . pp. 3-15.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) 'Gods and Merchants: Sogdian inscriptions of the Upper Indus.' TAASA Review, The Journal of the Asian Arts Society of Australia, 9/3 . pp. 14-17.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) 'The Iranian inscriptions of Shatial.' Professor Gregory M. Bongard-Levin Felicitation Volume. Indologica Taurinensia, 23-24 . pp. 523-541.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (1996) 'On the historic present and injunctive in Sogdian and Choresmian.' Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, 56 . pp. 173-189.

Sims-Williams, Nicholas and Cribb, J (1996) 'A new Bactrian inscription of Kanishka the Great.' Silk Road Art and Archaeology, 4 . pp. 75-142.

Conference or Workshop Items

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2004) Les sogdiens en chine - Towards a new edition of the Sogdian Ancient Letters. In: UNSPECIFIED.

Compositions

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2002) In memoriam, for violin, viola and cello. [Compositions]

Other

Sims-Williams, Nicholas (1997) 'New light on ancient Afghanistan: the decipherment of Bactrian.' SOAS.